Pipex is down

King Queen wrote:
> "27/06/04 at 11:30
> Report:
> Failure of a major network component has resulted in a loss of service
> for PIPEX Xtreme ADSL customers (both on ADSL and 0845) and for
> DialTime customers.
>
> Symptoms:
> Connection to the network and many servers is not currently possible.
>
> Actions:
> An engineering team are working on the problem as a matter of the
> highest possible priority, but it is likely that service will not be
> restored until mid-afternoon Sunday at the earliest.
>
> We sincerely apologise for this interruption to service."
>
> So I'm on 56k dialup (well, 46.6K dialup). Gods it is so slow.
>
> I'm glad in these sort of situations I have news and email provided
> separately from my ISP...

I'm OK on ADSL but no email.

"27/06/04 at 11:30
Report:
Failure of a major network component has resulted in a loss of service
for PIPEX Xtreme ADSL customers (both on ADSL and 0845) and for
DialTime customers.

Symptoms:
Connection to the network and many servers is not currently possible.

Actions:
An engineering team are working on the problem as a matter of the
highest possible priority, but it is likely that service will not be
restored until mid-afternoon Sunday at the earliest.

We sincerely apologise for this interruption to service."

So I'm on 56k dialup (well, 46.6K dialup). Gods it is so slow.

I'm glad in these sort of situations I have news and email provided
separately from my ISP...
--
King Queen - Remove .lartsspammers to reply. http://www.kingqueen.org.uk
"Advertising is the rattling of a stick in a swill bucket" George Orwell

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:39:55 +0100, "Stephen \(aka steford\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm OK on ADSL but no email.

Don't whatever you do reset your router or you won't get back on.
--
King Queen - Remove .lartsspammers to reply. http://www.kingqueen.org.uk
"Advertising is the rattling of a stick in a swill bucket" George Orwell

It's Back on now

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:05:44 +0100, "GT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>It's Back on now

Off and on.
--
King Queen - Remove .lartsspammers to reply. http://www.kingqueen.org.uk
"Advertising is the rattling of a stick in a swill bucket" George Orwell

"GT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's Back on now

Took me a while to find the little lead that plugs into my old modem. By the
time I got online via an old dial-up account broadband was back on.

Russell

In the long term, on the average, all service providers provide the same
grade and reliability of service.

They can't help but do so. They all depend on the same basic system.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:59:28 UTC, "Reg Edwards"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In the long term, on the average, all service providers provide the same
> grade and reliability of service.
>
> They can't help but do so. They all depend on the same basic system.

Hmmm. So if Pipex servers go down, that affects all ISPs?

And Pipex share customer service with all other ISPs?

I know what you were TRYING to say...and I agree. But, not well put!

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

Bob Eager wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:59:28 UTC, "Reg Edwards"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>In the long term, on the average, all service providers provide the same
>>grade and reliability of service.
>>
>>They can't help but do so. They all depend on the same basic system.
>
>
> Hmmm. So if Pipex servers go down, that affects all ISPs?
>
> And Pipex share customer service with all other ISPs?
>
> I know what you were TRYING to say...and I agree. But, not well put!
>

I think I know what he's trying to say, too. I still disagree :-P

Some ISPs invest a lot in backup servers and routers - to say that, in
the long run, these measures make no difference is, as far as I can see,
simply wrong.

--

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:40:24 UTC, Alexander Mann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:59:28 UTC, "Reg Edwards"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>In the long term, on the average, all service providers provide the same
> >>grade and reliability of service.
> >>They can't help but do so. They all depend on the same basic system.
> >
> > Hmmm. So if Pipex servers go down, that affects all ISPs?
> > And Pipex share customer service with all other ISPs?
> > I know what you were TRYING to say...and I agree. But, not well put!
>
> I think I know what he's trying to say, too. I still disagree :-P

I meant I agree with the fact that they all (mostly) use BT
infrastructure. Which I think is what he was trying to say. But (as we
both agree) that ignores the bigger picture!

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!