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Hi I use FTP explorer to up and download to the One and One site.  I have a
NTL cable modem and everything works OK with that most of the time.
However, there are times when it runs like a dog with two legs.

BoB


"FTP Nogo" <a@b.c.d> wrote in message
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> I have a problem with FTP uploads to a 1&1 server - which I believe
> may be hosted in Germany.
>
> I can connect Ok and downloads work fast (I have an EasyNet ADSL 1MB
> link) but uploads grind to a halt and time out on large files. Small
> files generally get through OK.
>
> I have tried passive and non-passive modes, 3 different FTP clients
> and even used the web based FTP portal http://www.freewebftp.com and
> nothing works via my EasyNet ADSL connection. Yet I can successfully
> FTP upload to any one of half a dozen other web servers which I run
> sites on (unix and NT).
>
> Curiously, a colleague can FTP upload fast and without problems from
> his TeleWest Cable Modem connection, but when he tried the
> http://www.freewebftp.com service, that failed also. I am guessing
> that this web service uses HTTP to transfer the upload to an
> intermediate FTP server somewhere else so this is not the same as a
> direct FTP from a PC.
>
> My suspicion is that the upload bandwidth available is variable,
> depending on where the FTP connection is 'via', but 1&1 say they have
> tested it and have seen no problems.
>
> I'm stumped - any suggestions what/where the problem may be and how to
> resolve this?
>