Freetime Anytime
Michelle Lewis
Anytime. I've only recently come back to Clara from BT and now I spend
yonks trying to get in and when I do get in I wait ages for web pages to
appear - and for e-mail to authenticate and arrive.
M
Steve Hoffman
Afraid my FTAT service has been excellent of late (except for slow
log-on -- but see separate message -- always connects, speeds are
good.
S
stuartam
"Steve Hoffman" <ma...@stevehoffman.org.uk> wrote in message
news:k6b9muoqk5h05sujf...@4ax.com...
Steve Thomas
<ch...@csking.co.uk> writes
>In message <3d6bf40b...@news.clara.net>, Jim
><fo...@jmthelp.org.uk> writes
>>On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:10:05 +0100, Paul White <paul-...@clara.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>No, it 's very slow for me too near Bristol although I never get
>>>engaged tones. Email and news very slow as well as the web.
>>
>>Just as bad here in Gloucester. Stop, start, stop, start. It's an
>>absolute pain.
>
>Ditto Cardiff - but connecting via the 0845 number seems fine.
>FTAT's performance is so bad at times, it's like being back on
>Freeserve again!
Same in Bridgend. All net traffic just pauses intermittently all the
time, IYSWIM.
--
Steve Thomas
There has been an alarming increase in the number
of things you know nothing about.
pete_s.
>>>>engaged tones. Email and news very slow as well as the web.
>>>
>>>Just as bad here in Gloucester. Stop, start, stop, start. It's an
>>>absolute pain.
>>
>>Ditto Cardiff - but connecting via the 0845 number seems fine.
>>FTAT's performance is so bad at times, it's like being back on
>>Freeserve again!
>
>Same in Bridgend. All net traffic just pauses intermittently all the
>time, IYSWIM.
>--
Does anyone know of an ISP that actually works?
GSV Three Minds in a Can
wonderful person Paul White <paul-...@clara.net> said
>On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:16:52 +0100, Steve Thomas
><newsB...@tarsins.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>>>No, it 's very slow for me too near Bristol although I never get
>>>>>engaged tones. Email and news very slow as well as the web.
>>>>
>>>>Just as bad here in Gloucester. Stop, start, stop, start. It's an
>>>>absolute pain.
>>>
>>>Ditto Cardiff - but connecting via the 0845 number seems fine.
>>>FTAT's performance is so bad at times, it's like being back on
>>>Freeserve again!
>>
>>Same in Bridgend. All net traffic just pauses intermittently all the
>>time, IYSWIM.
>
>Anyone else from other areas?
South Shropshire (Birmingham exchange for most BT purposes). Go back to
using one of the old FTAT numbers - even worldcom (1164...) is better
than the new NTL number.
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Paul Ferguson
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:49:32 +0100, Paul White <paul-...@clara.net>
wrote:
>Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff and Bridgend - not too far apart are we?
>Anyone else from other areas?
Bideford, North Devon here -exactly the same slow downs/traffic stops
as everyone else is experiencing :(
Cheers
Paul
Chris King
<paul-s...@paulferg.com> writes
>>Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff and Bridgend - not too far apart are we?
>>Anyone else from other areas?
>
>Bideford, North Devon here -exactly the same slow downs/traffic stops
>as everyone else is experiencing :(
The 0808 number is absolutely crawling tonight. I just switched back to
138127 to see if I get the same problems on that number - and it's
absolutely fine.
It's hard to believe that these numbers actually connect to the same
ISP, the performance difference is staggering.
Chris
--
Chris King
ch...@csking.co.uk
http://www.csking.co.uk
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Chris King <ch...@csking.co.uk> said
>In message <2v42nuo9hs429neau...@4ax.com>, Paul Ferguson
><paul-s...@paulferg.com> writes
>>>Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff and Bridgend - not too far apart are we?
>>>Anyone else from other areas?
>>
>>Bideford, North Devon here -exactly the same slow downs/traffic stops
>>as everyone else is experiencing :(
>
>The 0808 number is absolutely crawling tonight. I just switched back to
>138127 to see if I get the same problems on that number - and it's
>absolutely fine.
So is the 1664 (Worldcon) number. The NTL connection has a definite
problem, which Clara have so far failed to get fixed.
Paul Ferguson
wrote:
>The 0808 number is absolutely crawling tonight. I just switched back to
>138127 to see if I get the same problems on that number - and it's
>absolutely fine.
I`ve been trying ALL DAY just to finish a 14 meg download on either
the 0808 or the 1664 number and have to say that today has been by far
the worst I`ve ever had with any ISP :(
I`ve been dumped offline so many times I must have hit 30 by now.
Some times when I could connect I was getting 19,200 and then
0% traffic flow.
No doubt I`ll calm down sooner or later but I find it seriously hard
to believe that anyone using the Freetime Business account and paying
25UKP/mo for it would consider staying around for much longer !
>It's hard to believe that these numbers actually connect to the same
>ISP, the performance difference is staggering.
Agreed !
Paul
(seriously unimpressed with Claras performance today)
Stuart Duckworth
> >138127 to see if I get the same problems on that number - and it's
> >absolutely fine.
>
> I`ve been trying ALL DAY just to finish a 14 meg download on either
> the 0808 or the 1664 number and have to say that today has been by far
> the worst I`ve ever had with any ISP :(
>
> I`ve been dumped offline so many times I must have hit 30 by now.
>
> Some times when I could connect I was getting 19,200 and then
> 0% traffic flow.
>
> No doubt I`ll calm down sooner or later but I find it seriously hard
> to believe that anyone using the Freetime Business account and paying
> 25UKP/mo for it would consider staying around for much longer !
Yes its total garbage.....£25 a month and they are taking the pi$$ with this
service...not even any updates via the newsgroups now, totally crap. Gaming
is what i am paying £25 a month (FTAT5) and its abysmal atm. I'm gonna have
to transfer to Jolt Anytime for the same cash but 4hr Disconnects (better
than either huge loss or 20 minute disconnects atm).
This performance is worse than Worldonline aka Tiscali and i
thought_that_was bad!!!!
So Claranet, wheres the performance gone? or are u gonna start charging me
£5 a month for this, cus thats all its worth atm.
Seriously pi$$ed off,
Stuart.
PS i've been with Claranet for a number of years due to good service and
performance.