Category Archives: Broadband

Fluctuating Broadband Speed (Again)

Posted on October 30, 2011 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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Tiscali customers frustrated by move to TalkTalk

Posted on December 17, 2010 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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Broadband Outage 29/30 November 2010

Posted on November 30, 2010 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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The BT Superfast Broadband Lottery

Posted on October 6, 2010 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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Tip: Things to try if you have Broadband Problems

Posted on September 22, 2010 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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We need your help!

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Worth Matravers

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 … Continue reading →

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Broadband Testers Required

Posted on June 18, 2010 by David

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 … Continue reading →

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Fluctuating download speed and occasional packet loss – again

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Worth Matravers

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 … Continue reading →

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Inconsistent download speed/throughput and packet loss

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Worth Matravers

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 … Continue reading →

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General Election Slowness

Posted on May 7, 2010 by David

If you are experiencing slow broadband today, chances are it is due to the Election Coverage. As remarkable as it sounds, there are countrywide reports of general slowness and BT and ISPs (Internet Service Provides) are attributing the problem to a … Continue reading →

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