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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.05.27 15:30:00 -
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Edited by: Andrue on 27/05/2005 15:34:00
Originally by: Trooper B99 Yep, servers *JUST* came back up for me now. BT was/is blaming a C&W node in london that was named to an Icelandic company apparently.
Good old Clueless & Witless. Nice to see they are still as incompetent as ever.
As to the 'Icelandic Company' - that's Iceland Telecom as any half way decent traceroute tool would tell you. Not surprising that an Iceland software house chose to use another Icelandic company to host its game servers really. -- (Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.05.28 10:50:00 -
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Originally by: Cmdr Sy My phone provider is BT, my ISP is a subsidiary of C&W, and I have only had one connection drop, the night before last.
No problems here.
Quote: But I have seen for myself, one of my friends getting booted as frequently as every quarter hour for a whole night, over the last few nights.
Ouch. Time to change ISPs then. I've not had any connection problems since Easter '04 except when the servers were down.
Quote: Given that these companies have virtually a monopoly over here
You can't 'virtually' have a monopoly. You either have exclusive control of the market or you don't. In the case of UK ISPs there is no monopoly. The UK ISP market is awash with alternates and most operate their own backbone.
I would advise anyone that experiences more than one connection failure a month to switch to a different ISP. My personal recommendation would be Nildram. -- (Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.05.28 12:23:00 -
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Edited by: Andrue on 28/05/2005 12:23:33
Originally by: Hunt Smacker So different ISP's use different backbones? Cause I don't wanna change to one that's no better, but I need some pointers...
A good place to look is www.adslguide.org this has a comparison function and message boards where you can ask about an ISP.
Finding out which ones operate a backbone and which just rent server space of somebody else' network is complicated. Some ISPs will tell you up front. Others avoid the subject.
M ISP is Nildram and they seem pretty good. As regards their Nildram network
they were independant but as of about a year ago PIPEX acquired them. So far the service seems no worse though so I'm still with them. -- (Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.05.31 21:57:00 -
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Edited by: Andrue on 31/05/2005 22:00:21
Originally by: bUBbLeS Blue Yonder 4tw
no issues at all
i get maybe 1 outage of 2 or 3 hrs every 6 months
tbh that is still more than me. To be strictly truthful I do have to admit that I work for a living and have a life so I can't say that I know I get 24/7 service but I do run an email server and just checking its logs it has reported no connection issues since July of last year. I can also say that in the last twelve months I have never been aware of a dead internet connection except for the odd times when my router crashes. -- (Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.05.31 22:00:00 -
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Originally by: Capt Hindgrinder
Originally by: OffBeaT always tell a tec sopport guy your a gamer..
most times they will do a little extra for you.
alot of them are gamming junkys themselfs like we are, so they put out a little more efford for yea.
Tell tech support that you're a "gamer" and they'll ping you, see a reply and tell you "Your internet service is fine. On-line games are not supported. Was there anything else i can help you with today? Thanks for calling xxx" - Click.
C.H.
Lol, not from Nildram. It's kind of ironic that I have hardly ever needed them. The few times I have are when the problem is with someone else' network (as in Easter '04 when Clueless&Witless screwed up). Even so they have been helpful, understanding and help me find out the email addy for the people running that network. They won't send an email on my behalf but they will assist me in tracking down the cause and working out who to email.
I know from ADSLGuide that they welcome and like gamers. They used to host the Jolt gaming network (may still do) so that's probably why. -- (Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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