Action Newsletter
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Recent News
- Broadband Outage 29 March 2012
- Interleaving Broadband in Church Knowle and Kimmeridge
- Swanage Exchange Upgrade 2012
- Fluctuating Broadband Speed (Again)
- Tiscali customers frustrated by move to TalkTalk
- Broadband Outage 29/30 November 2010
- The BT Superfast Broadband Lottery
- Tip: Things to try if you have Broadband Problems
Category Archives: Broadband
Broadband Outage 29 March 2012
There was a blip in the night (00.30am — 02.30am approx) where some users had no broadband (this appears to be nation wide). My ISP confirmed BT Wholesale had an outage over night and several other ISPs (internet service providers) … Continue reading
Interleaving Broadband in Church Knowle and Kimmeridge
We are hearing from more and more users who are experiencing very slow Broadband, particularly users who connect to the Corfe Castle exchange — we have had reports from PlusNet, Mad as a Fish and Virgin users in Church Knowle, … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, Church Knowle, corfe castle, Harmans Cross, Kimmeridge
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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 … Continue reading
Fluctuating Broadband Speed (Again)
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
Tiscali customers frustrated by move to TalkTalk
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
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 … Continue reading
The BT Superfast Broadband Lottery
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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Tagged broadband, corfe castle, Studland, swanage, Wareham, worth matravers
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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 … Continue reading
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We need your help!
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
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 … Continue reading
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