Rubbish connection today

esh · Apr 06, 2011, 10:52:29

My web browser is warning me I'm on a slow link this morning and is offering me to use their 'turbo' service designed for dial-up users!

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 10:54:35

I cant even get to the application page on my iPhone using wifi but its fine over O2's 2G connection, and that's slow as a very slow thing

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 10:58:11

I'm not seeing any issues. Which DNS are you on, Gary.

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 10:59:39

Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2011, 10:58:11
I'm not seeing any issues. Which DNS are you on, Gary.

Norton DNS, Idnets is the same.

Ray · Apr 06, 2011, 11:02:10

I'm not seeing any issues on OpenDNS either, Gary.

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 11:03:43

It comes and goes

well its sunny outside, that may be a better option

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:07:06

Have you tried a router re-boot Gary?

Bill · Apr 06, 2011, 11:08:32

I'm getting some oddities... most sites are OK, but 1&1 email times out intermittently. Getting to this site is quick, but then it stalls trying to pick up the graphics from speedtest.net.

But speedtest.net itself is no problem and gives good results

IDNet DNS.

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:09:27

I don't know, Bill. I timed out on 1&1 using Norton.

Bill · Apr 06, 2011, 11:11:49

Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2011, 11:09:27
I don't know, Bill. I timed out on 1&1 using Norton.

The 1&1 problem may be unrelated- it has its moments at the best of times

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 11:13:02

swapped over to IDnets dns again, already rebooted router anyway Rik will see how it goes. Still having the same issues, some sites load great some are loading graphics etc slowly

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:13:28

Quote from: Bill on Apr 06, 2011, 11:11:49
The 1&1 problem may be unrelated- it has its moments at the best of times

It does indeed, though it's been quite good of late.

bridgej · Apr 06, 2011, 11:25:36

My connection has been slow at opening various page all morning, some are ok, some don't even open, rebooted the router but no difference.

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:34:02

Have you tried a different DNS? What area of the country are you in?

bridgej · Apr 06, 2011, 11:37:31

Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2011, 11:34:02
Have you tried a different DNS? What area of the country are you in?

I live on the Stratford exchange in east London, I don't know what you mean by trying a different DNS I'm afraid

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:50:05

Instead of using the IDNet nameservers, set Windows to use OpenDNS, Norton or Google, see if that helps.

Open DNS

208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220

Norton

198.153.192.1, 198.153.194.1

Google

8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4

Which version of Windows are you using?

bridgej · Apr 06, 2011, 11:52:09

I'm using a Mac

Simon · Apr 06, 2011, 11:52:53

I looked at the OpenDNS website last night, and it seemed there was an invitation to sign up. Is that a requirement to use their service?

Rik · Apr 06, 2011, 11:56:26

No, but if you do you can enable parental controls etc.

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 11:58:56

Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2011, 11:56:26
No, but if you do you can enable parental controls etc.

Same with Nortons DNS now, using IDnets DNS at the moment and things seem ok, really odd how its all been all over the place this morning

Gary · Apr 06, 2011, 12:10:11

Interesting view about changing your DNS servers http://www.labnol.org/internet/changing-dns-servers/18996/

zappaDPJ · Apr 06, 2011, 12:19:30

Whatever the problem was it seems to be resolved for me now. Sites that wouldn't resolve earlier are now fine. I've been using Google's DNS for a couple of days and I might stick with it for a while as it seems a lot faster to me.

zappaDPJ · Apr 06, 2011, 12:27:33

Quote from: Gary on Apr 06, 2011, 12:10:11
Interesting view about changing your DNS servers http://www.labnol.org/internet/changing-dns-servers/18996/

Interesting read Gary

Technical Ben · Apr 06, 2011, 12:31:48

Not had a chance to check today, and off in a bit, but yesterday it was fluctuating. So my ping would jump up, then calm down. So the fact that it's intermittent may make it harder to see if the problem is gone or what it is.

cavillas · Apr 06, 2011, 13:19:26

It's a case of BT using all their staff to install fibre and ignoring adsl line faults. They can't afford to pay them overtime or stretch them to cover. Another example of a "great British company abusing their customers (ISP's) just because they can. Why is it only the Big British companies take such liberties with the people who pay their wages, it doesn't happen so much in other countries.