Do you have Faster Broadband yet?
Now Faster (Fibre to the Cabinet) Broadband is available to more and more users in the Isle of Purbeck, we though we'd run a little poll to see if you have upgraded yet.
Broadband Problems 3rd November 2014
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There appears to be a number of issues this morning across the Isle of Purbeck. BT and other Internet suppliers appear to be aware of the problems. We suspect the issues are due to the very large amount of rain we have had overnight. If you have no internet, first...
Loss of Service at Corfe Castle Exchange
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.
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) have also reported customers with no service. If you were...
Interleaving Broadband in Church Knowle and Kimmeridge
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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, Kimmeridge and Harmans Cross — they're at least 2+ miles...
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 Network...
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...
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...
General Election Slowness
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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 higher than normal use of the internet! Normal service should...