I’m currently seeing almost 100% packet loss to some websites while others seem to load perfectly (like Purbeck Broadband). Sites that aren’t loading include Twitter (pinged: 85% packet loss, site not loading), Facebook and the New York Times (pinged: 100% packet loss, site not loading). Anyone else having problems accessing certain websites? There was a similar issue a couple of days ago – it affected both Worth and Corfe but fixed itself after 30 minutes or so.
I’ve also been having the usual problems with wildly fluctuating download speeds most of the Easter weekend.
Update 9:25 p.m.: Still no improvement – I cannot access a number of websites because of severe packet loss. My download speed has also nosedived in the last 20 minutes. I suspect this issue is affecting other households but it’s difficult to get any confirmation at this time on a Bank Holiday.
Update 10:38 p.m.: I hope I’m not tempting fate, but things seem to have returned to “normal”. It’s doubtful we’ll get to know what caused this latest issue – it wouldn’t surprise me if it was related to the problems we’ve been having in this area for the last several months. Download speed remains inconsistent.
I didn’t really use the net yesterday, so unfortunately didn’t really notice anything unusual – but the speed tests I ran were different every test, ranging from 2mb to 6.5mb. Also noticed that a couple website didn’t load or were unavailable.
Speeds today (5th April) are still fluctuating, but the sites that weren’t loading yesterday, seem to work fine.
Hi, I have similar problems in Weymouth and have had for the last week. no let up yet… have contacted my ISP (tiscali/talktalk) who are coming up with the usual non-helpful suggestions.