Internet problems...
- 20 January 2012 11:47148407Is anyone else experiencing problems today? It is only in respect of certain sites - at least 3 sites 2 of which I need to visit several times a day every working day, are simply not loading and that includes 'Verify by Visa' the credit card security site when shopping. Been trying repeatedly over the last hour - it is preventing me from getting on with work...
We really do depend so much on these things these days and why only certain sites? - 20 January 2012 12:01148409yes barry . phone playing up as well.My gas boiler has failed repair man here trying to resolve the problem .Is this the 13th?
- 20 January 2012 12:17148414Nahhh Sue - its the 20th!!!!
Amazing, suddenly the problem cleared, noticed when I went in to try for the unpteeth time to pay for my Sainsbury shop and it was right there!!! Then I was able to get straight through to the other sites as well, fast too....
Weird how some and very varied sites were affected and not others. - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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20 January 2012 12:32148420no i havent got that problem,the reason being i dont buy of the internet.rather go to shop and pay with that old fashion stuff called cash.
- 20 January 2012 13:15148424Wasn't just for purchases Brian - some of the research sites I use had the problem plus the Speccy site. It all cleared at 11.15 exactly....
- 20 January 2012 13:21148425about 8 a.m. i was having difficulty getting some of the news sites online, cleared up about an hour later.
- 20 January 2012 15:34148448I have a feeling there's some work going on in town that may be affecting overall connection speeds but this shouldn't prevent specific sites from loading. Try loading (and then using) http://www.speedtest.net and see if the results match what you're paying for!
My latest test:-
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1719237893.png
I'm supposed to get a download speed close to 20 Mb/s so I'm running on only half speed at this point, yet my upload speed is consistent with a normal reading of around 2.0 Mb/s.
Usually a site is slow because it is receiving heavy traffic and this may be due to normal usage for a particular time of day or it may be hackers applying a DoS (Denial of Service) attack or the like.Phil West
If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!! - 20 January 2012 17:23148469I had problems this week as my bandwidth usage was sky high - found out that the connection was either hacked or something else in the house was playing up !!
I'd generally be happif we got anything near 3/4 MB/s !!Been nice knowing you :) - 20 January 2012 23:37148549Tell me about it could sit down to a three course meal, while my computer gets warmed up hows that for slow and yes Sue had trouble with my moblie this week to so much for up to date Gadgets
- 21 January 2012 09:43148560Paul, it's all those WHPS announcements you put out on Facebook, they must eat your bandwidth allowance!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson