I lost my internet connection this morning and got a message from BT Wholesale giving possible reasons for it. I've never received such a message before, has anyone else?
I also lost internet connection (PPP) and couldn't get it to come back up. This is on the Holborn exchange. I called IDNet but there didn't seem to be a problem. I left the router off for 10 minutes then it was okay.
I didn't get a BT message, though, but perhaps that's because my SpeedTouch has it's own page for when there's no connection.
Same experience as Sebby but on Hurst Green (East Sussex) exchange though I didn't call IDNet.
I'm on gw6, btw.
There's a mass of engineering work scheduled over the next few weeks, with loss of service for up to 4 hours. This may be the start of it.
Yes but the point that I was making was that I had never seen a notice from BT Wholesale before and I wondered whether this was something new.
I've heard of a few instances. I think they are tring to improve their image. ;)
I presume that it means that it was some sort of "official" disconnection. BTW I'm still getting a faster speed than my BT profile, is that unusual?
Yes, but don't worry about it. :)
I'm not. :)
Sounds like the one I have had quite a few times now Noreen.......expect to see it a few times....I have ;D
Seems that BT had an outage at their Faraday Metro Node. This is a major broadband node that serves very many Exchanges for both 20Cn and 21CN lines.
Simon
Is that at Faraday House, do you know, Simon. I remember touring there when the exchange went digital. ;)
Quote from: Noreen on Nov 09, 2009, 10:30:03
I lost my internet connection this morning and got a message from BT Wholesale giving possible reasons for it. I've never received such a message before, has anyone else?
Is this it Noreen ?
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Quote from: Simon_idnet on Nov 09, 2009, 11:40:24
Seems that BT had an outage at their Faraday Metro Node. This is a major broadband node that serves very many Exchanges for both 20Cn and 21CN lines.
Simon
Thanks, Simon. I was concerned that my router was dying, and even worse, I don't have a spare here!
Quote from: Rik on Nov 09, 2009, 11:42:06
Is that at Faraday House, do you know, Simon. I remember touring there when the exchange went digital. ;)
I don't know if it officially has "House" tagged onto it. It is on Knightrider Street, behind St.Pauls Cathedral. A huge BT building that is part Exchange, part Metronode and part offices. I met the ex-head of BT Wholesale Broadband there once and even she didn't have clearance to go into the "technical areas".
S
It's not Faraday House then. Shame, that building has a lot of telecomms history attached.
Thanks for the info, Simon. Yes, that was the message that I received, David.
Quote from: Rik on Nov 09, 2009, 16:24:25
It's not Faraday House then. Shame, that building has a lot of telecomms history attached.
Its on Newgate St & Angel St, north of St Paul's, it looks huge on Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=st+paul%27s+cathedral+london&sll=42.882285,-78.876386&sspn=0.023899,0.05506&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=St+Paul%27s+Cathedral,+St+Paul%27s+Church+Yard,+City+of+London,+EC4M+8,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.515733,-0.097139&spn=0.002537,0.006883&t=h&z=18)
That's the old CTO site, bombed during the war.
It's now BT's HQ
You would have thought they would have rewired it by now ;D
They used all the wire in the concrete reinforcements...
It doesn't look a friendly place from the 'street view' on Google. Did they build next to St. P, because all the bombs missed in WWII?
The CTO site was next to GPO HQ, with London Chief Office behind, there was a warren of tunnels running between the three, through which telegrams moved in an out.
I think that is where my dad may have worked as a telegram boy, at the end of the war, before his national service.
Very likely, Glenn, mine did. :)
Quote from: Rik on Nov 09, 2009, 18:11:13
They used all the wire in the concrete reinforcements...
:rofl: :lol:
Quote from: Glenn on Nov 09, 2009, 18:25:45
I think that is where my dad may have worked as a telegram boy, at the end of the war, before his national service.
I've just been speaking to my dad about this. He started there as a runner in 1942 at the age of 14, delivering telegrams between the 3 buildings and in the local area. The V2 rocket that hit Smithfield market in 1945 missed him by a couple of minutes, he had just delivered some messages in the area. http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V2_maintextd.html
Timing is everything...