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  1. 27-06-2007, 04:41 PM #1
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    Pipex owned by floods

    Just in case loss of life and massive property damage wasn't enough, the floods across England have affected some of Pipex's services.
    A fibre break caused by the flooding in Sheffield has hit Pipex data centres in Leeds and Manchester, affecting the firms hosting business 123-reg.

    A Pipex spokeswoman told us: "Some customers may be experiencing extended latency between the north and south of England. Customers should now be receiving normal service, and will only have experienced latency issues for about 90 mins."
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  2. 27-06-2007, 04:48 PM #2
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    A fibre break caused by the flooding in Sheffield has hit Pipex data centres in Leeds and Manchester, affecting the firms hosting business 123-reg.

    A Pipex spokeswoman told us: "Some customers may be experiencing extended latency between the north and south of England. Customers should now be receiving normal service, and will only have experienced latency issues for about 90 mins." UnQuote

    Nothing new there then the planks. Any excuse to bugger their users up
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  3. 03-07-2007, 04:08 PM #3
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    TalkTalk lost phone services during the recent storms as well

    Not sure how many people affected...

    ...but, within an hour or so of me calling to (try and) complain...

    ...they had switched to an automatic message saying "We are knackered - try BT"
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    I kept 6 trusted serving men, they taught me all I knew.
    There names were what and where and why and how and when and who.

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  4. 03-07-2007, 06:42 PM #4
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    Ah, the internet. The communications idea invented by the US army to withstand a serious military wipeout in one part, by having communication points connected by a "net" rather than in a line, so that if one part of the network was knocked out then traffic could just go via a different part of the network.

    Guess there's nothing that a company with all its data in one place can do to avoid problems though...

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    I guess we can thank the crappy weather for something then
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    Quote Originally Posted by BEANFro Elite View Post
    Good, couldn't have to anyone more deserving
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    Quote Originally Posted by dancingmatt View Post
    ...invented by the US army to withstand a serious military wipeout...
    ...but not a strong shower
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    I kept 6 trusted serving men, they taught me all I knew.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BEANFro Elite View Post
    Good, couldn't have to anyone more deserving
    what the customers? wow your nice well i know i lost my internet because of the weather.
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    Serves them right, Pipex keep sending me letters demanding money off me eventhough I've never and now will never be a Pipex customer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cozwin View Post
    what the customers? wow your nice well i know i lost my internet because of the weather.
    Don't be so rediculous, I'M with Poopex myself, they're so useless that something like that happening is so fitting for them.

    Join me and leave for a better ISP when the contract expires that is...
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  12. 09-07-2007, 11:23 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by BEANFro Elite View Post
    Don't be so rediculous, I'M with Poopex myself, they're so useless that something like that happening is so fitting for them.

    Join me and leave for a better ISP when the contract expires that is...
    actually im already moving to be but they were supposed to enable exchange on 30th of june still waiting :O
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