MJ Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 After spending over 6months trying to loose our emergency/travel dial-up (it was costing more than the broadband) with tiscali/talktalk could have really used it these last few days. may well set up the BT PayG again for emergencies problem is it doesn't transfer from one line to the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltieman Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 ours is so slow - it won't even run a speed test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 good luck to anyone trying to get clear of talk talk. they are certainly like a dose o MRSA bloody near impossible to get rid of. a word to the wise for anyone thinking of singing up with them DON'T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Mine is still as poor as ever - somehow I can get Shetlink not bad but I can't even access the Post Office website to get a phone number to call. I wonder how many emailed the link set up by Shetland Broadband to register an idea of how many are affected?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viblir Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Spoke to Plusnet support last night, they aske us to run 3 BT speed checks (www.speedchecker.bt.com) this information is stored on the BT server and is avalible to both BT and Plus net support. Ran checks last night and this morning ranging from 99kbps last night to 22 this morning. This morning Plusnet support has confirmed the DSL signle is sound and is raising a case with BT, due to the slow data exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 As stated previously in the thread. BT have cleared the fault so all exchanges should operating at normal. In the real world however, Baltasound, Lerwick, Gott, Cunningsburgh, Sumburgh and Burravoe seem to still be struggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Spoke to Plusnet support last night, they aske us to run 3 BT speed checks (www.speedchecker.bt.com) this information is stored on the BT server and is avalible to both BT and Plus net support. Ran checks last night and this morning ranging from 99kbps last night to 22 this morning. This morning Plusnet support has confirmed the DSL signle is sound and is raising a case with BT, due to the slow data exchange. Unfortunately many users are expriencing speeds so slow that the speedchecker isn't able to work/load.... In many cases the speeds are considerably slower than dial up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyian Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 After spending over 6months trying to loose our emergency/travel dial-up (it was costing more than the broadband) with tiscali/talktalk could have really used it these last few days. may well set up the BT PayG again for emergencies problem is it doesn't transfer from one line to the other Subscription free dialup - no registration required :http://www.shetlandbroadband.co.uk/shinty/services.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo6 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Last night 66kbps connection - useless Spoke to Plus-Net technical support this lunch time, he reconed my connection was to a "frame" that had problems, he suggested I turn off my router for 1/2 an hour, this would force it to reconnect / link to another "frame" without problems. Plus-Net piggybacks on BT so might be worth a try I tried this last night - vast improvement so thanks for the tip. Still cant ping bt properly but can access pretty much everything else at an acceptable speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 I've seen BT engineers out in Lerwick, Quarff and Cunninsburgh this morning.Just done another speed test gone up from 0.15 yesterday to 2.94Mb now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Broadband back to normal in Tingwall now - yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Doing better but not "fixed"http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/128947731098658629304.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltieman Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 back to 5MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Looks like it's getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Yesterday I couldn't even load the speedtest page. That's how slow it was. Ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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