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Chat => Tech Chat => Topic started by: Floydoid on October 23, 2007, 04:38:21 PM

Title: BBC Website
Post by: Floydoid on October 23, 2007, 04:38:21 PM

Has anyone else been having problems accessing bbc.co.uk today?

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: guest on October 23, 2007, 04:40:27 PM

No more than normal - eg news bulletin times slow it down dramatically (1pm, 6pm etc etc)

Edit - the main site is very slow right now.

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: Floydoid on October 23, 2007, 04:53:51 PM

I keep getting a site not found message.

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: ralphw on October 23, 2007, 05:57:47 PM

Just tried and gave up waiting..

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: UncleUB on October 23, 2007, 06:20:42 PM

Just tried now,to problem at all.Using IE7 and vista

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: Floydoid on October 23, 2007, 06:34:05 PM

Seems it's been up and down... it's not usually like that.

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: Astral on October 23, 2007, 07:43:40 PM

There is a message on Radio Player saying they have problems and I can't get onto  the message boards.

Mind you I have got an email to say I've been modded for the third time today. Hypocrite, moi! 8)

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: kitz on October 23, 2007, 08:15:17 PM

Seems a bit temperamental - sometimes ok then goes slow.
Same on both RIN and Plusnet.

But now seems ok again  ???

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: jazz on October 24, 2007, 09:44:51 AM

Someone on ISP Review Forum has posted that BBC site changed their terms and conditions yesterday.  If you access the site from a UK ISP you get main site but if from a non-UK ISP you get sent to a BBC International site.  Whether this is part of their licence money changes or whether they have had hacking problems from overseas I don't know but this may have been the reason that they were "off air" and hard to get hold of for a bit yesterday.

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: guest on October 24, 2007, 10:06:04 AM

That has been the case for years I'm afraid. Eg - USA readers of the site get routed to Telehouse New York rather than the UK site.

Title: Re: BBC Website
Post by: mr_chris on October 24, 2007, 12:27:24 PM

Also if anyone is using the default OpenDNS DNS servers you also get routed to New York for the BBC!