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...
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 at random times of the day and night, recently made...
Download speed and throughput are fluctuating again today. I'm also seeing packet loss. Nothing new then. Just to let regular visitors to Purbeck Broadband know that lack of updates from us doesn't mean that all is fine. I experience fluctuating download speed and throughput at various times throughout the day...
For the last several hours download speed has been yo-yoing again - throughput is inconsistent. To make things worse, I'm seeing 5 - 10% packet loss during nearly every ping test. I was hoping to find the situation had improved after taking a two-week holiday, but if anything it's worse...
The problem of degraded, inconsistent download speed has returned. My download speed is currently fluctuating minute-by-minute, second-by-second - there's no consistency whatsoever (for the last couple of hours throughput has rarely been higher than 2.5 Mbps on my 7 Mbps line, and ping times are inconsistent again). I've had enough....
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...
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, this is not an April Fools, and we would be...
It seems that degraded, inconsistent download speed is becoming the norm again. Before this week things seemed to have improved with longer periods of consistently fast service, but since Saturday there's been a decline in the quality of my connection. Download speed is fluctuating wildly minute-by-minute, second-by-second - there's no...
Download speed in Worth Matravers is low and inconsistent again today, Monday. As I type it is less than a third its normal level. It has been fluctuating wildly all morning (throughput is yo-yoing). Ping times are also very inconsistent (pings to bbc.co.uk are between 17-160ms). I had similar problems...
BT have issued a Major Service Outage (MSO) for the Swanage exchange (degraded service) - anticipated clear time is 16:36. Download speed in Worth Matravers is inconsistent at this time. I'm also seeing inconsistent ping times and occasional packet loss. Hopefully it is related to the Swanage MSO. Monday and...
