UK peeps: having connection trouble?

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I realise this sounds like a slightly silly question, but are any other UK users having trouble connecting to ILX at the moment?

I can't get ILX through our BT Broadband connection. I thought at first that my boss had found some way of blocking it out, but it seems to be a routing problem on the wider internet. Has anyone else been having any connection trouble lately? Most other websites seem fine, it's just ILX I can't get; but, I don't read any other sites with servers geographically close to ilx.p3r.net.

(I am posting this through the other office internet connection, which is a satellite downlink somewhere in The Netherlands.)

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

No, not at all. Works fine work + home.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Me too, I keep getting timeouts going through my BT connection. I did a tracert and it went through about 17 routers then timed out at ge-0.linx.londen03.uk.bb.verio.net

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

... or whatever the router is that's after that.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

Yup, that's the same point that my traceroute stops.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

(so as it's a Verio fault, and not actually a BT one, there's little point in me whinging to BT about it)

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Might not be related but...

From btconnect.com

15 June 2005
12:34 PM Network problem
We are aware of a network problem which may be affecting access to the internet in certain areas. Our engineers are working to resolve the problem. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

It sounds vague enough to be the problem. Most BT service alerts tell you *which* areas are affected - if you phone up their Business Broadband fault-report line, it starts with a long recorded announcement of a list of telephone exchanges with known faults.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

I thought at first that my boss had found some way of blocking it out

i'd have to get another job. it's the only thing that gets me through the day.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

For the record, I'm on BT and having the same problems.

― Cressida Breem (neruokruokruokne?), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

I'm on BT and had problems this afternoon.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't get ILX on my home BT connection until about 15 minutes ago - so that's about 8 hours that it was inaccessible for.

Livejournal was also inaccessible for the same reason for some of that time, but not all of it.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

BT has just binned me out of ILX again. Every other site I have bookmarked works fine.

I think someone is paying BT to reduce UK Internet skiving.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 16 June 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

It's been working for me all day, as far as I could tell.

(I mean, I had to take a break now and again and do some work)

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 16 June 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

It's fine again now, just a wee glitch.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 16 June 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

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