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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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I can get nowhere today ,Many sites are inaccesible Google is Spotty (Image search are showing blank frames) AOL Mail is down Having to rely on my Favourites to get to some places Even W/U is taking a Minute to appear and it is an "accesible site"
My BB speed is showing No slowdown
Tried Google Chrome too ...Same results!
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Full service was restored @ Just after 3PM (Off at least 2 hours) ...No clue as to what happened Thought it was down to me Installing Google Frame(Last night) But I uninstalled that and NO Change!
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Sunday Afternoon....... Same thing Google Homwpage down No AOL,Gmail Can only navigaite on several Favourites and Google "save"seaches though on Image searches Many sites are returning blank frames 
Never seen an Outage lin this form The Web was a bit spotty AM Hours Odd sites unreachable (No error messages) Even the BOINC server service is Not working 100% and that usually needs little or no attention, thats been onging for at least 48 hours
Dannot get to their Forum to see what the Situation is World Wide
Ditto the Internet traffic sites
FYI I Edited this Topic and It took 5 minutes to see the result... Ca 2 minutes to see the Acknowlegement message! It is That Slow (and W/U is a working Site)
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Full speed Back and All sites responding Just before 9 PM 
I rang the AOL Help line and they said there were no problems
Only other thing was it was Raining Heavy outside today but surely If the Cable was affected by water penetration. Logically I'd have NO service and No Phone line In fact The Line quality when I rang up AOL was Loud and Noise free So that discounts that angle 
I don't think Its an ISP contention overload either. Otherwise we'd be looking at a blank screen! I thnk this Issue will return again. Has happened twice in 4 days on the 29th of October and today, the 1st of November And we have few clues to see where it originates
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Monday PM and its back ! Am having no joy at finding News even on the Blogs  Only place that may have news is on Google Groups and that is "off limits" in this situation 
I have even tried Search engines like www.surfwax.com to bypass the queue and No Joy whatsoever Can generate a List but beyond that we are seeing [n]No Internet Access notices
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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mgmcc
regular
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 1104
Loc: Dundee, Scotland
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It might be interesting to see if any of your "internet-enabled" neighbours are experiencing a similar problem because, regardless of the ISP, all ADSL services will be delivered via BT's network.
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Today it went On full power @ 5PM Today was damp & showery and No Heavy rain Forecast till late on And Yes, that is a Good idea Mike I shall do a quck Poll around the Neighbours tomorrow
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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Just had a 3rd hour long outage I have made some enquiries Locally and I find that Its just AOL that is flicking on and Off Sometimes the mail service goes. Other times complete No access  I ring up the Customer services they will say there is "No Problem" Yet I and many others at the recieving end, are getting increasingly spotty service!
I want to change ISP, Yet whats on Offer locally are often poor services of about 2 MB Max.(supposed to be "up to 8MB") Need to move just 2 miles east, where they are showing 5 MB plus on the Broadband test sites maps and they pay the same as Me . AOL drags along in the lower part of the League there too!
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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FilthyRaider
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Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 907
Loc: It's dark very dark.......
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It reminds me of when we had AOL and loyalty kept me with them as they were my 'first'. If I remember a lot of the AOL boards were filled with customers with exactly the same issue as you are having so it seems little has changed.
We did however also discover a fault in the telephone line just outside the drive under the pavement. That was only actually fixed this year and we cancelled AOL about 2/3 years ago. That combined with AOL explained a lot of the outs - there used to be a way of doing a line check on BT by simply dialling a number. Anyone?
We now use Virgin Cable - not a lot of use I know if you aren't in a cabled area, but actually never had a real issue with them. One or two outs in the last few years and they were quickly fixed.
You might be better opting for a 'deal' and seeing how you go. I still use an old AOL email address - when we quit I went back to the site and restarted the same user name.
-------------------- I loved my grandmother very much.......and she fetched a good price on eBay.
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BedstorfromAP
Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 5096
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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My brother has just gone "Sideways" and Joined TalkTalk who are Indirectly linked with AOL Via the Carphone Warehouse Got a New Laptop with Windows 7 new router too on a deal  He lives in the same Post code as me As for me I shall have to Plug on somehow I think I'm still "In Contract" till Next year(subject to confirmation)
Several years ago somebody suggested to the Local council that Telewest (Now Virgin) take over the Communal Aerial (and Upgrade) And It was Ignored in favour of the Council using a Private contractor who could not keep up with the Maintenance, they went Bankrupt in 2 years and the Service deteriorated Now, there is only a Handful of homes with this service ,and the quality is Lousy. The rest of us had Aerials fitted free And the Private homes had to stump up for a New Aerial (Some people had a good year selling those) Ironically, the Previous adminstration threatened Penalties if an outdoor Aerial was seen on Council Property (even Satellite dishes) This admiistration couldn't care less and don't want to renew/redevelop the Communal aerial and the estate Phone Network which are dating from 1963-4 on the older estates . Any local BT roadwork activity is on the local Industrial estates. Both seem meaner than Scrooge when It comes to Improvements
-------------------- History so far.. 10 years surfing & 29 Years Computing (First ZX81 1k)
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