rec.autos.simulators

 There's a new offer over here in the UK of an unlimited free-call ISP. I
joined, but as always, there's a problem..can anyone help?
 For a start, it uses proxy servers (firewall). Now, my first question is:
Just because the ISP set it up that way, do I have to keep that setting? At
the moment, the connection is incredibly poor, and I can't get any ping
other than 'bad!' in N3. Also, even though I set up outside of the
newsserver, I can't get to any of Jacob's newsgroups with it. I presume this
is related.
 I still have my old ISP connection, just in case, but for financial
reasons, I'd like to work with this one, but I need help, and bad! I'm not
familiar at all with proxy stuff, never having had to deal with it before.
 Thanks.

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Colin Harris
ColinHarris in N3/NL
Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
ICQ 25485061

Here's my not terribly helpful thoughts on this:

Is the ISP Callnet0800? Ezesurf (yuk)? BT Internet? X-Stream? (hmm... maybe
not X-Stream - you got through, for one thing.)

You could try asking about the connection on alt.internet.providers.uk.free
or aipu.0800 (assuming you can get to them). They're normally pretty
helpful with queries like that (they'll need to know a few details, though
- the name of the ISP for a start!)

Can't help you on the "Jacob's groups" section, as I don't even know what
they are (showing my ignorance there). I assume they're a non-Usenet
private set of groups, so I'll have to leave that one to those that are
members.

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David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

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Colin Harris
ColinHarris in N3/NL
Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league
http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm
ICQ 25485061

alt.internet.providers.uk.free

Aha - I'll have a look directly. Ta very much.

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David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Since originally installing the CD I rebuilt my machine & set up the DUN
connection manually - without any proxy settings.

Works fine.

Tony