Swanage Exchange Upgrade 2012
The Swanage Exchange was upgraded earlier this year and now supports 21CN WBC. This means broadband users should get much faster download and upload speeds. Some users might get close to 24Mbps, but most will probably see double their existing speed. What is “21CN”? 21CN (21st Century Network) is a Next Generation…
Fluctuating Broadband Speed (Again)
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A lot of people (possibly everybody) in the Purbeck Area are experiencing wild fluctuations in broadband speed again. To be fair, broadband speed results are never the same from one test to the next, but over the last three to four weeks my speeds have varied from a good 6…
Tiscali customers frustrated by move to TalkTalk
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Tiscali customers are facing a second day of frustration as their phone lines are moved/migrated to TalkTalk. Purbeck Broadband has heard from a number of customers who have no phone or broadband service. When speaking to customer support, they are told disruptions could last 24 hours, the same answer was…
Broadband Outage 29/30 November 2010
Last nights Broadband outage that affected (some?) users in the Isle of Purbeck, appears to have been caused by planed engineering work in Reading by BT. The outage lasted around two hours and appears to have come back on at 1.50am (approx.). Speeds seem normal, although there has been some…
The BT Superfast Broadband Lottery
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On Monday (4th October 2010), BT announced Race to Infinity, a competition allowing members of the public and businesses the chance to vote for superfast fibre broadband to be installed at their exchange. What is the Race to Infinity? The Race to Infinity is a nationwide competition run by BT…
Tip: Things to try if you have Broadband Problems
We have put together a quick list of things to try if you are having problems with your Broadband. Link: Things to try if you have Broadband Problems. The list is by no means complete, so we will add more tips and advice soon.
We need your help!
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If you are a resident of Purbeck (particularly if you are on the Corfe Castle or Worth Matravers telephone exchanges, though the problems may be more widespread) and are experiencing problems with your broadband connection (mainly fluctuating and inconsistent download speed at random times of the day and night, recently made…
Broadband Testers Required
Hi, we are looking for volunteers who can ideally test their Broadband Speed and Ping Times* on a daily basis. As you will have noticed, there has been an ongoing problem in the Purbeck area since December 2009, possibly even earlier. Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) has suggested that we collate…
Fluctuating download speed and occasional packet loss – again
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Download speed and throughput are fluctuating again today. I’m also seeing packet loss. Nothing new then. Just to let regular visitors to Purbeck Broadband know that lack of updates from us doesn’t mean that all is fine. I experience fluctuating download speed and throughput at various times throughout the day…
Inconsistent download speed/throughput and packet loss
For the last several hours download speed has been yo-yoing again – throughput is inconsistent. To make things worse, I’m seeing 5 – 10% packet loss during nearly every ping test. I was hoping to find the situation had improved after taking a two-week holiday, but if anything it’s worse…