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| Started by | Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> |
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| First post | 2011-07-30 19:51 +0100 |
| Last post | 2011-08-02 09:38 +0100 |
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Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-07-30 19:51 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-30 23:23 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-07-31 06:59 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? "Rob Hemmings (news2)" <robnews@rgvk.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 08:24 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-07-31 09:27 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-07-31 10:37 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-07-31 10:49 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-07-31 11:24 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-07-31 12:32 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 13:45 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-07-31 14:32 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-08-01 11:01 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 18:25 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 13:01 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 18:33 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-07-31 23:47 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-08-01 00:11 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-08-01 00:29 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-08-01 00:06 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-01 08:54 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2011-08-01 09:11 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-01 09:25 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-08-01 11:47 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-02 10:39 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 22:59 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-02 22:37 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Ray Dawson <ray@magray.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 22:55 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-08-02 23:19 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 06:51 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-03 08:52 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 11:59 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 11:59 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 15:11 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 20:26 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Martin Thomas <address_is@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-03 21:28 +0000
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-04 12:15 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Martin Thomas <address_is@invalid.invalid> - 2011-08-04 12:27 +0000
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-05 01:37 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-08-05 06:11 +0000
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-08-05 10:05 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2011-08-05 09:35 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 12:26 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 14:10 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 17:17 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-05 01:48 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-08-03 23:25 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 09:53 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-08-08 07:50 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2011-08-08 08:04 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer "Barry Allen (news)" <evanallen@onetel.net.uk.invalid> - 2011-08-08 08:26 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-08-08 20:07 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-08-08 16:49 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 01:23 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 01:27 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 00:44 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-02 11:15 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> - 2011-08-02 11:56 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-02 14:00 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> - 2011-08-02 14:48 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 13:49 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 15:43 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 00:02 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-02 16:04 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 17:26 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 18:22 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 23:04 +0200
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-08-02 22:39 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-03 09:51 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2011-08-03 12:24 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-08-03 23:50 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 09:14 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-08-04 10:53 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> - 2011-08-04 13:03 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-08-01 10:00 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2011-07-31 10:59 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? "Rob Hemmings (news2)" <robnews@rgvk.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 11:18 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Andrew Conroy <a.m.conroy@owlart.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 11:30 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-08-01 18:46 +0100
Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down? Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-08-02 09:38 +0100
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| From | Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-05 09:35 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51fde857fddave@triffid.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1349 |
In article <51fde59911UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk>, John Williams (News) <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > In article <9a1fs4F1cgU1@mid.individual.net>, > David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > It is called a Sanity Filter. > > I thought that was the Sanity Clause. > Christmas already? > As they say on Face**ck, Like! > John I wonder what Groucho would have made of 'faeces' book. ************************ "Night at the Opera" Groucho Marx: It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a sanity clause. Chico Marx: You can't fool me, there ain't no sanity clause. ************************ As for me: I'm still laughing... Dave -- Dave Triffid
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| From | Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 12:26 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <ant0411061cbpErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1325 |
In article <04j_p.138673$fl.128487@newsfe23.ams2>, Martin Thomas <URL:mailto:address_is@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote: > > > Until Twitter was mentioned I had assumed the only means of > > communication remaining was the phone. I now want to know /how/ > > to contact Twitter without an internet connection or a fancy > > phone, and also how to read both sides of the discussion. > > To read both sides click on the speech balloon icon embedded in the tweet. That seems to only show the tweets to Purleyhosting from the one user. I did manage the other day to have on the right all the tweets from PH and on the left all the tweets to them, but I can't repeat that:-( Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@cjemicros.co.uk http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile!
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| From | "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 14:10 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51fd78361fUCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1334 |
In article <ant0411061cbpErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk>, Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote: > That seems to only show the tweets to Purleyhosting from the one user. > I did manage the other day to have on the right all the tweets from PH and > on the left all the tweets to them, but I can't repeat that:-( It all seems so difficult and complicated to the newcomer. Is there a twitter/RISC OS user who could write a quick basic guide for twitter virgins and put it up somewhere. I could provide space if necessary. Clarifying the JS requirements would, of course, also be very useful. John -- John Williams, Brittany, Northern France - no attachments to these addresses! Non-RISC OS posters change user to johnrwilliams or put 'risc' in subject! Who is John Williams? http://petit.four.free.fr/picindex/author/
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| From | Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 17:17 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <ant041644fc4pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1335 |
In article <51fd78361fUCEbin@tiscali.co.uk>, John Williams (News) <URL:mailto:UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > In article <ant0411061cbpErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk>, > Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote: > > > That seems to only show the tweets to Purleyhosting from the one user. > > > I did manage the other day to have on the right all the tweets from PH and > > on the left all the tweets to them, but I can't repeat that:-( > > It all seems so difficult and complicated to the newcomer. Is there a > twitter/RISC OS user who could write a quick basic guide for twitter > virgins and put it up somewhere. I could provide space if necessary. Yes. I found a couple of youtube get you going guides for twitter, but they assumed you understood quite a lot. Also Twitters own help just didn't! > Clarifying the JS requirements would, of course, also be very useful. I think the original idea didn't normally involve using a website or smart phones, just using text messaging, but that aspect of it doesn't seem to be mentioned almost anywhere. Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@cjemicros.co.uk http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile!
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-05 01:48 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <4e3b2fe5$0$18815$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #1335 |
On 04/08/2011 14:10, John Williams (News) wrote:
> It all seems so difficult and complicated to the newcomer. Is there a
> twitter/RISC OS user who could write a quick basic guide for twitter
> virgins and put it up somewhere. I could provide space if necessary.
Is Twitter an open protocol? I wonder if it would be simpler to knock up
a simple client rather than try to persuade our older system to get
something useful out of a JS-heavy site?
<a few minutes of Googling later...>
Here's an introduction to what it is and what it means (socially, that is):
http://www.bitcurrent.com/twitters-not-a-site-its-a-protocol/
And the API will be in here someplace:
https://dev.twitter.com/docs
Best wishes,
Rick.
PS: I'm *not* volunteering. The only tweets I've ever read in my life
are those embedded in other people's blogs/sites. It seems to me
that tweets are like text messages, only you don't care who they're
being sent to. I, personally, believe the only thing that it might
be useful for is "OMFG - Obama's just declared war on Canada!" or
"OFFICIAL: 12% RISE IN STATE PENSIONS AS OF MIDNIGHT"...
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| From | Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-03 23:25 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <mpro.lpdib600z2uyo01kr.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> |
| In reply to | #1324 |
On 3 Aug, Brian Carroll wrote in message
<51fd1c3f5dbric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>:
> In article <fa6cfffc51.chris@o2.co.uk>, Chris Hughes
> <news@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > If it was your "internet connection" you would contact your ISP -
> > Orpheus/TalkTalk in your case, but since Purley is NOT an ISP, its a
> > hosting company, you could find out from the twitter feed (which is
> > independent of the Purley servers in this case), since you would still
> > have interent connection via your ISP - TalkTalk.
>
> I am completely baffled by that :-(
>
> I was trying to get some light on the age-old and basic problem of getting
> information on the state of one's internet service after a failure of that
> service (raised already by Russell Hafter I think). It's a general
> problem; not specific to Purley Hosting.
Purley Hosting is not an ISP and they do not supply internet connectivity.
Therefore even when the service went down, we all still had access to the
internet via our various ISPs and so accessing Twitter was not a problem.
> Until Twitter was mentioned I had assumed the only means of communication
> remaining was the phone.
No: Purley are a hosting company (the clue is in the name). During the
outage my website was inaccessible and email to my normal domain wasn't
arriving, but email to my backup domain (hosted by another company) was
fine, as was email sent to my ISP-based email address (which I don't give
out).
If that's still unclear, I'm paying two companies each month for internet
services (if you ignore the backup domain): my ISP, who provide me with ADSL
and an email mailbox and POP account, and Purley, who provide DNS for my
domain name, host my website and route incoming email on towards my ISP's
mailbox.
--
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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| From | Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 09:53 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51fd662560bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1326 |
In article <mpro.lpdib600z2uyo01kr.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote: > On 3 Aug, Brian Carroll wrote in message [Snip] > > I am completely baffled by that :-( > > > > I was trying to get some light on the age-old and basic > > problem of getting information on the state of one's > > internet service after a failure of that service (raised > > already by Russell Hafter I think). It's a general problem; > > not specific to Purley Hosting. > Purley Hosting is not an ISP and they do not supply internet > connectivity. Therefore even when the service went down, we > all still had access to the internet via our various ISPs and > so accessing Twitter was not a problem. > > > Until Twitter was mentioned I had assumed the only means of > > communication remaining was the phone. > No: Purley are a hosting company (the clue is in the name). > During the outage my website was inaccessible and email to my > normal domain wasn't arriving, but email to my backup domain > (hosted by another company) was fine, as was email sent to my > ISP-based email address (which I don't give out). > If that's still unclear, I'm paying two companies each month > for internet services (if you ignore the backup domain): my > ISP, who provide me with ADSL and an email mailbox and POP > account, and Purley, who provide DNS for my domain name, host > my website and route incoming email on towards my ISP's > mailbox. Thanks for that thorough explanation, and for the additional comments by Martin, Rick and Chris. I understand now. I had thought an answer to my 'age-old and basic problem' had emerged but it seems we are stuck with the phone, with hundreds of customers trying to contact a handful (one, even) of 'engineers' :-( At least Rick and I now know how to follow the conversation if we ever have to Tweet. Brian. -- ______________________________________________________________ Brian Carroll, Ripon, N Yorks, UK briancarroll at f2s dot com ______________________________________________________________
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| From | Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-08 07:50 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51ff6a3567bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1330 |
In article <51fd662560bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>, Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote: [Snip] > I had thought an answer to my 'age-old and basic problem' had > emerged but it seems we are stuck with the phone, with > hundreds of customers trying to contact a handful (one, even) > of 'engineers' :-( Ironically, last Thursday soon after posting that I suffered complete loss of my TalkTalk internet connection. Eventually, on Saturday, I was able to contact a support engineer who told me they were having a major problem with some parts of their network. The actual ADSL carrier was rock steady but I was unable to reach any of the services I use (email, usenet and web). Another phone call on Sunday elicited nothing useful. This morning the service seems OK but the TalkTalk status page is down. Needless to say, I had no opportunity to try Twitter :-( Brian. -- ______________________________________________________________ Brian Carroll, Ripon, N Yorks, UK briancarroll at f2s dot com ______________________________________________________________
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| From | Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-08 08:04 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <a48e6bff51.chris@o2.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1402 |
In message <51ff6a3567bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>
Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <51fd662560bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>, Brian Carroll
> <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> [Snip]
>> I had thought an answer to my 'age-old and basic problem' had
>> emerged but it seems we are stuck with the phone, with
>> hundreds of customers trying to contact a handful (one, even)
>> of 'engineers' :-(
> Ironically, last Thursday soon after posting that I suffered
> complete loss of my TalkTalk internet connection.
Oddly enough our ISP was having issues at our local exchange as well,
but it just caused a slower service as they rerouted stuff while
repairs took place.
> Eventually, on Saturday, I was able to contact a support
> engineer who told me they were having a major problem with some
> parts of their network. The actual ADSL carrier was rock steady
> but I was unable to reach any of the services I use (email,
> usenet and web). Another phone call on Sunday elicited nothing
> useful. This morning the service seems OK but the TalkTalk
> status page is down.
TalkTalk have just been named by users in a couple of the ISP Customer
Service surveys as the worse in the country.
> Needless to say, I had no opportunity to try Twitter :-(
But do Talk Talk even use Twitter!
--
Chris Hughes
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| From | "Barry Allen (news)" <evanallen@onetel.net.uk.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-08-08 08:26 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51ff6d8fd7evanallen@onetel.net.uk.invalid> |
| In reply to | #1403 |
In article <a48e6bff51.chris@o2.co.uk>, Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> wrote: > TalkTalk have just been named by users in a couple of the ISP > Customer Service surveys as the worse in the country. I've been with TalkTalk for over 3 years now and, luckily perhaps, I have never had to use their Customer Service. I get 10 Mb download speed which for what I pay does me. -- Barry A. To reply by email:- barry d o t allen a t talktalk d o t net Replace the d o t and a t by the usual.
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| From | Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-08 20:07 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <51ffadbcbdbric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1403 |
In article <a48e6bff51.chris@o2.co.uk>, Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> wrote: > In message <51ff6a3567bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> Brian Carroll > <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote: [Snip] > > Eventually, on Saturday, I was able to contact a support > > engineer who told me they were having a major problem with > > some parts of their network. ... This morning the service > > seems OK but the TalkTalk status page is down. > TalkTalk have just been named by users in a couple of the ISP > Customer Service surveys as the worse in the country. Yes. I'm thinking of moving to Zen, but will probably wait until the autumn when I will have more spare time. > > Needless to say, I had no opportunity to try Twitter :-( > But do Talk Talk even use Twitter! I've seen no mention of such a service on the TT web pages Brian. -- ______________________________________________________________ Brian Carroll, Ripon, N Yorks, UK briancarroll at f2s dot com ______________________________________________________________
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| From | Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-08 16:49 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <ant081545fc4pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #1402 |
In article <51ff6a3567bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>, Brian Carroll <URL:mailto:bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote: > In article <51fd662560bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk>, Brian Carroll > <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> wrote: > > [Snip] > > > I had thought an answer to my 'age-old and basic problem' had > > emerged but it seems we are stuck with the phone, with > > hundreds of customers trying to contact a handful (one, even) > > of 'engineers' :-( > > Ironically, last Thursday soon after posting that I suffered > complete loss of my TalkTalk internet connection. > > Eventually, on Saturday, I was able to contact a support > engineer who told me they were having a major problem with some > parts of their network. The actual ADSL carrier was rock steady > but I was unable to reach any of the services I use (email, > usenet and web). Another phone call on Sunday elicited nothing > useful. This morning the service seems OK but the TalkTalk > status page is down. Even if the Status page is working it often lies! Last week (and on more than one other occasion) they (TT/f2s/?) admitted there was a problem but the Status page said everything was fine! Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@cjemicros.co.uk http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile!
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 01:23 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <4e39d862$0$18792$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #1324 |
On 03/08/2011 21:26, Brian Carroll wrote: > Until Twitter was mentioned I had assumed the only means of > communication remaining was the phone. Given a decent answering machine message, it's perhaps the most capable method. > I now want to know /how/ to contact Twitter without an internet > connection or a fancy phone, err, can you? > and also how to read both sides of the discussion. err, can you? +1 for the phone, I think... Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-04 01:27 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <4e39d943$0$18792$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #1328 |
On 04/08/2011 01:23, Rick Murray wrote: >> and also how to read both sides of the discussion. > err, can you? Next post answered it. Spot who /never/ uses Twitter... Best wishes, Rick.
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| From | Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-03 00:44 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: Purley Hosting (Spellings) down no longer |
| Message-ID | <4e387dcc$0$18801$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| In reply to | #1299 |
On 02/08/2011 23:37, Russell Hafter News wrote: > Simples. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! # Charging! <fweeeeee> # All stand clear <chunk> <fzzzzt!> # Nope... <dum-da-da-dum da-de-da-dum-dah>
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| From | Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-08-02 11:15 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <85f765fc51.jess@itworkshop.invalid> |
| In reply to | #1269 |
In message <51fbd6c137Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.Net>
Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> wrote:
>>> http://twitter.com/#!/purleyhosting
>>> (and reading back up their Twitter feed, they do seem to
>>> have tweeted about previous problems as they happened).
>> With NetSurf that Twitter link just says that you need
>> JavaScript and that you could try their mobile phone site,
>> but no info on how to get to the bit that you might want.
> http://mobile.twitter.com/purleyhosting
What a truly awful design of website. If you have no javascript it
makes the effort to redirect you to a page with no relevance to the
one you wanted.
The ironic thing is that a suitable page actually exists.
I shall carry on ignoring twitter, for the time being.
--
Jess Iyonix
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| From | Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> |
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| Date | 2011-08-02 11:56 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <d2c069fc51.Kevin@talktalk.net> |
| In reply to | #1281 |
In message <85f765fc51.jess@itworkshop.invalid>
Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> wrote:
>In message <51fbd6c137Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.Net>
> Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> wrote:
>
>>>> http://twitter.com/#!/purleyhosting
>
>>>> (and reading back up their Twitter feed, they do seem to
>>>> have tweeted about previous problems as they happened).
>
>>> With NetSurf that Twitter link just says that you need
>>> JavaScript and that you could try their mobile phone site,
>>> but no info on how to get to the bit that you might want.
>
>> http://mobile.twitter.com/purleyhosting
>
>What a truly awful design of website. If you have no javascript it
>makes the effort to redirect you to a page with no relevance to the
>one you wanted.
>
>The ironic thing is that a suitable page actually exists.
>
>I shall carry on ignoring twitter, for the time being.
>
Yet if you ignore the /#! from the url it works OK with Netsurf:
<http://twitter.com/purleyhosting>
--
Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/
http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/
ICQ 238580561
IF your nose runs and your feet smell it means your upside down.
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| From | Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-08-02 14:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <51fc751e20see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> |
| In reply to | #1282 |
In article <d2c069fc51.Kevin@talktalk.net>, Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> wrote: > Yet if you ignore the /#! from the url it works OK with > Netsurf: > <http://twitter.com/purleyhosting> Not here. I just got a suggestion that I should sign up! -- Russell http://www.russell-hafter-holidays.co.uk Russell Hafter Holidays E-mail to enquiries at our domain Need a hotel? <http://www.hrs.com/?client=en__blue&customerId=416873103>
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| From | Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2011-08-02 14:48 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <9e8179fc51.Kevin@talktalk.net> |
| In reply to | #1284 |
In message <51fc751e20see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>
Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> wrote:
>In article <d2c069fc51.Kevin@talktalk.net>, Kevin Wells
><kevinwells@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Yet if you ignore the /#! from the url it works OK with
>> Netsurf:
>
>> <http://twitter.com/purleyhosting>
>
>Not here.
>
>I just got a suggestion that I should sign up!
>
I'm not signed up with twitter, but you can get their twitter rss feed
from:
<http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/228673277.rss>
--
Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/
http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/
ICQ 238580561
When all else fails twat it with a hammer.
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| From | Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2011-08-02 13:49 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <611274fc51.jim@nails.abbeypress.net> |
| In reply to | #1282 |
Steve Fryatt posted: >>>>> http://twitter.com/#!/purleyhosting which required Javascript. this suggestion from Ian Hamilton worked: >>> http://mobile.twitter.com/purleyhosting Kevin Wells wrote on 2 Aug: > if you ignore the /#! from [Steve's] url it works OK with Netsurf: > http://twitter.com/purleyhosting OK, i'll keep this as a little URL file in my Purleyhosting admin folder, for quick doubleclick in case of any future outage. a question, however: how were we twits supposed to know that status reports would be on Twitter? can anyone else find any mention of it among emails or renewal notices or invoices from Purley? i have never otherwise used Twitter and have no intention of doing so. -- Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk >> "from" address is genuine but will change. website has current one.
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