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Loss of Service at Corfe Castle Exchange

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David

16/12/2012 22:53 BT report loss of service for some 01929 and 01305 broadband users, estimated fix is 2 hours #CorfeCastle #broadband 17/12/2012 00:53 Fixed If you still have problems or no broadband, try restarting your modem or router.

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Broadband Outage 29 March 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by David

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 →

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Interleaving Broadband in Church Knowle and Kimmeridge

Posted on March 17, 2012 by David

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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Swanage Exchange Upgrade 2012

Posted on March 17, 2012 by David

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 →

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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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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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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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Loss of Service in Weymouth

Posted on April 5, 2010 by David

There is currently an Major Service Outage (MSO) in Weymouth, which is affecting 01305 area codes. This doesn’t appear to be causing any problems within the Purbeck Area, but we are still seeing fluctuating speed-results when running tests via our … Continue reading →

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No Service in Corfe Castle and Worth Matravers

Posted on April 1, 2010 by David

As of 11.30 am (1st April 2010) there appears to be a problem with broadband in the Corfe Castle and Worth Matravers area. We are awaiting a response from our ISP and will update this post with any news/info. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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