Dropouts in web access to JANET and BBC... - Page 2

Dai · 03-03-2008, 10:03

I'm watching this with some interest. I don't have any advice to offer right now but I have been suffering the same problem with one particular site for some time now.
Again, when the site times out I can still ping and traceroute but can't get http access. It's definitely not a DNS issue as the name still resolves.
This clears itself normally after a few minutes although on a couple of occasions the time-out has lasted as long as 20 minutes.

richardw · 23-03-2008, 10:34

Well I posted to the support newsgroup and got a few "we'll look into it" replies. But it's still happening. Intermittent, random, localised problems like this can be very hard to track down so it doesn't surprise me that VM support won't have the time to solve it.

Guess I might have to look for an alternate entry point to the Internet, as that's the simplest solution as far as I can see. Which is a shame, as I've had good service from Diamond Cable/NTL/Virgin Media over the years. But this problem plus traffic shaping plus dial-up speeds in the evening adds up to more irritation than I feel I have the right to be paying for.