Anyone lost connection?

[Simon]

Mine went down at 21:09, and still to recover as I post this from my phone.

[Danni]

Yes- though it's come back this second.

[Simon]

Back now. 

[Baz]

yes

[Baz]

 

sorry Simon  just saw your other post about this

[vorbei]

Mine too, this does seem to happen regularly.  I'm using another connection at the moment...

[Dopamine]

Dropped twice for me today, once just now and once at around 1.30pm. Absolutely infuriating when I'm in the middle of listening to a broadcast.

I know people will jump to IDNet's defence and say that other ISPs are worse, or that it's beyond IDNet's control - and that may well be true - but I was with Pipex/Tiscali for several years and never suffered anywhere near as many drops as I do with IDNet.

[Simon]

So was I, Dopamine, and have to say the same - but I guess the networks have become much more crowded over the last couple of years.  I won't make excuses for IDNet, as we know BT have them over a barrel, and until the promised upgrades are delivered, I guess this is just something we either have to tolerate, or move on.

[davej99]

Down at 21.10 for a little over 7 minutes. Sync maintained. Down for a minute on 15th. I make that 4 interupts in Nov/Dec.

[anz1066]

i have lost conection twice in two days now. very annoying. some people say you get what you pay for, not always the case. 

[zimmerframe]

Mine dropped too (in the middle of a game )  Came back within a few minutes

[esh]

Gone again.

[Simon]

Twice in two hours is not good!  I've put a call in to IDNet, which will hopefully be responded to.

Seems like it's back again now.

[David]

it may help to locate things.my connection has stayed solid....only trying to help 

[anz1066]

went down again after posting my last post. time to start looking for another provider?
Connection could not be established: Disconnected because idle timeout reached

[Baz]

oh dear two now in an hour  

[Simon]

Further to my call, I will also email them with a link to this thread - sorry guys, that's the best we can do at this time.

[vorbei]

Mine's still down although did briefly re-appear for about a minute.  It's rather frustrating as it's down for this length of time.

[Simon]

went down again after posting my last post. time to start looking for another provider?

Which, of course, you are perfectly at liberty to do.  An LLU provider would not be at the mercy of BT, as IDNet are at the moment, awaiting unfulfilled, promised network upgrades.

[Simon]

Mine's still down although did briefly re-appear for about a minute.  It's rather frustrating as it's down for this length of time.

Have you tried rebooting your router?  You shouldn't have to, but it might just help. 

[vorbei]

Yes, I rebooted it earlier.  The connection to the exchange is no problem.  It appears to be the PPP connection that's the problem.  The router continuously tries to connect until it gives up and then tries again.

[john]

Just lost connection myself a few minutes ago. Rebooted the laptop and it's okay again now.

[LesD]

Me too a couple of time now.

It's done my profile no good at all! 

[Simon]

Yes, I rebooted it earlier.  The connection to the exchange is no problem.  It appears to be the PPP connection that's the problem.  The router continuously tries to connect until it gives up and then tries again.

Sorry, I'm not the person to try to help you technically.  As most people's connections seem to have recovered, I can only suggest a call to IDNet in the morning, unless someone else has any ideas.

[Matt M]

lost mine at about the same time now my connection profiles droped from 7500kbps to 3500kbps 

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