Reading duff ?

[markmarkymark]

anyone found Reading duff tonight ....very slow DNS .....slow page loads ... basically just very slugish?

cheers

MArk

[Jon M]

yeah.. struggling to get decent response from some sites incl. nthw

There appears to have been a router problem at Telehouse all evening affecting access to nthw and many other sites across the pond.

2 9 ms 10 ms 6 ms 10.145.239.254
3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms nott-t2cam1-a-ge-wan42-122.inet.ntl.com [80.4.46.69]
4 8 ms 10 ms 6 ms not-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [80.1.79.57]
5 9 ms 10 ms 14 ms lee-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.33]
6 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms pop-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.238]
7 66 ms 59 ms 46 ms tele-ic-1-so-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.82] << this one
8 18 ms 16 ms 18 ms lndnuk1icx1.wcg.net [195.66.224.105]
9 128 ms 128 ms 127 ms nycmny2wcx2-oc12.wcg.net [64.200.87.153]
10 126 ms 128 ms 127 ms hrndva1wcx2-oc48.wcg.net [64.200.240.46]
11 135 ms 134 ms 128 ms hrndva1wcx3-oc48.wcg.net [64.200.95.74]
12 128 ms 126 ms 128 ms drvlga1wcx2-pos4-0.wcg.net [64.200.232.125]
13 128 ms 126 ms 127 ms drvlga1wcx1-oc48.wcg.net [64.200.127.29]
14 155 ms 127 ms 128 ms dllstx1wcx3-oc48.wcg.net [64.200.240.21]

The times on this trace are some of the better ones, it has been in the 100's and worse.

[Shaun]

And I thought it was just me, are you guys also having problems accessing www.real.com or updating your real-one player? I've not been able to connect to their site for days.

Originally Posted by dellwear

And I thought it was just me, are you guys also having problems accessing www.real.com or updating your real-one player? I've not been able to connect to their site for days.

I hate the Real player - Quicktime, does it better for me

[Shaun]

The problem is some sites (BBC ) that don;t offer you the choice, and I can't seem to get to their site to update my version.

I'm also having problems with other site too, www.dell.co.uk is one that comes to mind, bit of a pain as we want a new computer this month too Maybe its time for a call to Bulldog

[bob_a_builder]

Originally Posted by dellwear

The problem is some sites (BBC ) that don;t offer you the choice, and I can't seem to get to their site to update my version.

Have a look around for the 'alternative real player', freeware IIRC, works ok with BBC, tiny download on comparison to 'Real Player' and it doesn't take over you PC - works for me

[David25]

Originally Posted by bob_a_builder

Have a look around for the 'alternative real player', freeware IIRC, works ok with BBC, tiny download on comparison to 'Real Player' and it doesn't take over you PC - works for me

Also, It is possible to get Winamp to play real player content (like BBC radio) using the real codecs and a plug-in called Tara.