Weather and Broadband?
Can rain and Wifi signal? Yes, there's some evidence to suggest rain can effect WiFi — especially if your Router/WiFi is setup to use the 2.4-GHz frequency (most modern routers offer 2.4 and 5 GHz options).
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...
Broadband problems 3rd January 2013
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BT have confirmed there is/was a problem with broadband that has affected the 01929 dialling code. The problem should be resolved by 6.25. If you are still having problems, try restarting (power off/on) your modem/router. Broadband Problem in the Reading and Surrounding areas Date & Time: Thu 03/01/2013 at 04:48Estimated...
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.
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...
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...
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...