I hate the way NTL’s proxy servers hijack my web site. When I post a new entry to this blog it can take my own ISP (NTL) up to 48 hours to allow me to see it. They have hardware proxy servers in their network which hold an old copy of the site and won’t allow me to see a newer copy until they’re good and ready. This saves them money but means their customers can never be sure of getting the latest version of the sites they visit. If you’re an NTL customer you’re already experiencing this, whether you know it or not. If you’ve ever wondered why favourite web sites don’t appear to change even when you’re sure they should have done, you’re experiencing the malign effect of NTL’s proxy servers. I suggest you call them and complain.
In which I try, after 25 years of blogging, to drop my ironic stance a bit.
This is strange Steve! I use NTL and this doesn’t happen for me. You could try taking a look here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/trancache.html. Robin shows how to sidestep the normal proxy server.
It may be that this isn’t NTLs fault but your web hosts who are not set up properly and are not using cache control.