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Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 7:47 PM
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09-08-2014 8:02 PM
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The speed of what you see depends on what you're browsing on - and how well it is set up. With fibre having faster speed - if your device "asks" for data from multiple links (e.g. it can download 8 things at a time, instead of 1) then yes, you are.
However the problem with "foreign" sites is that they are out of Plusnets network so there is little they can do to do with the speeed (any UK ISP is in the same boat) it depends on who peers between your ISP and the site you're trying to get on.
Can you give any example of sites which you feel are slow?
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:10 PM
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09-08-2014 8:14 PM
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Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:17 PM
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208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220
You can set these in your router if you want them used for all devices.
I've just tried all 3 links and they insta-loaded for me, using IE on windwos 8
Changing DNS on Windows 8
Changing DNS on Windows 7
Instructions ^
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:19 PM
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Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:20 PM
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Matt, I actually use both, google as primary and OpenDNS as secondary, can't go wrong!
EDIT: woodm, Might not be but it's worth a try even if only to narrow down where the problem lies.
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:21 PM
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Try the above IPs I just posted as your DNS, and see if it makes any difference.
Matt
Fair Mark_ Personally I've heard of people having issues with EU sites when using Google DNS.. people see Google and assume its going to be the best 😛
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:23 PM
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09-08-2014 8:27 PM
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09-08-2014 8:27 PM
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Just to add, you'll have to restart your adapter for the changes to take effect (or reboot your PC if that's easier)
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:30 PM
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Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:34 PM
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It's worth noting you can add more than 2 DNS servers - by hitting the "advanced" tab if you really wanted to...
Glad we could help woodm
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09-08-2014 8:42 PM
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woodm let us know how you get on and if you have any more issues / questions
Re: Foreign Websites
09-08-2014 8:57 PM
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However I have an http caching proxy server on my local network, so subsequent visits to those sites loaded completely in about two seconds.
If you are spending a lot of time visiting the same slow websites, then a caching proxy can speed things up a lot. !
On the subject of DNS, if you have your own local caching DNS server such as dnsmasq, then you can provide it with a list of fast public DNS servers that you wish to use. When your browser asks for a DNS lookup, then dnsmasq will firstly try and give a response from it's cache, otherwise it will simultaneously request a lookup from ALL the configured public DNS servers, and return the result of the one that replied most quickly. This gives a good speed improvement compared with the usual method of DNS lookups.
The other trick that sometimes gives good results, particularly on American sites, is to use the Hurricane Electric IPv6 tunnel, as their routing to American IPv6 sites can often be faster than the equivalent IPv4 route taken via Plusnet. Unfortunately none of the three links provided appeared to be IPv6 capable, but it might be a possibility for other American and German websites.
You might want to try speeding loading times by reducing the number of constituent parts that make up each page.
On Firefox I have the advert blocker "Adblock Plus" that stops unwanted ads being loaded, perhaps there is an equivalent for Internet Explorer.
When visiting many sites, you will often see during page loads, the status saying "waiting for facebook". Try altering your local DNS settings, or OpenDNS filtering, to block the often tedious delay introduced by many links to social networking sites that you don't use.
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