Is Pipex broadband down?

Yesterday I had a few disconnections from Pipex, today it seems to be
down, or is it me? I've got a synch LED on my router, but no
connection.

Can I connect to a dial up instead?

Thus spaketh nigelmolesworth:
> Yesterday I had a few disconnections from Pipex, today it seems to be
> down, or is it me? I've got a synch LED on my router, but no
> connection.
>
> Can I connect to a dial up instead?

http://www.pipex.net/cgi-bin/nsus-di...EX&section=all


PIPEX Systems Status

Confirmed Outages System/Service Last Updated

Mail - an outage has been reported. Today at 16:51

Connectivity - an outage has been reported. Today at 17:32


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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:31:17 GMT, {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:

>Connectivity - an outage has been reported. Today at 17:32

Thanks for that, it's back on now.

What would be really handy would be a dial-up in case Pipex Broadband
goes down. I don't mind PAYG - I know there are dozens of free ISPs,
but at least with a Pipex dial-up I could use the news server (rather
than Google, which gave my email address).

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Thus spaketh Nigel Molesworth:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:31:17 GMT, {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>
>> Connectivity - an outage has been reported. Today at 17:32
>
> Thanks for that, it's back on now.
>
> What would be really handy would be a dial-up in case Pipex Broadband
> goes down. I don't mind PAYG - I know there are dozens of free ISPs,
> but at least with a Pipex dial-up I could use the news server (rather
> than Google, which gave my email address).


Pipex used to (whilst I was with them, probably still do) let you use their
dial-up service for when broadband did go down, usually you pay a monthly fee
for their dial-up account so you can use their service whilst away from home.


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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:18:32 GMT, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
<bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Thus spaketh Nigel Molesworth:
....
>> What would be really handy would be a dial-up in case Pipex Broadband
>> goes down. I don't mind PAYG - I know there are dozens of free ISPs,
>> but at least with a Pipex dial-up I could use the news server (rather
>> than Google, which gave my email address).
>
>Pipex used to (whilst I was with them, probably still do) let you use their
>dial-up service for when broadband did go down, usually you pay a monthly fee
>for their dial-up account so you can use their service whilst away from home.

Their web page says this is still valid: a freephone number for
dial-up as backup but you'd have to have an open ticket with them in
order for this to be enabled. Or pay a fee to more or less guarantee
it. But in that case the money should go somewhere else as a real
backup, and preferably not over the same line/BT kit.

I *think* one of these machines, the oldest one, has a winmodem
installed and used once...
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