Re: TalkTalk Outage
Tx2
"Whinging Courier" <markonusene...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f8755507...@news.individual.net...
> Right, I'm on a PAYG ATM because I'm getting an invalid user or password
> on the domain. I've been tinkering setting up a router and thought I
> might've cocked up the password so phoned up customer support and while
> waiting there was a message saying about an outage in London, which
> incidentally is where I'm sending this from.
>
> Now, before I get back on the phone, would an outage make it look like
> there's an invalid user/pass on the domain? I thought if there was an
> outage it'd just connect but there'd be no traffic.
Not necessarily. It could be that the authentication kit has gone tits up.
The word 'outage' is a generalisation.
Tx2
> You could be right. After a lengthy and at times, frustrating phone call
> to Bombay (or wherever they have their call centre), the bloke at the
> other end made me jump through all sorts of the usual hoops - closing
> windows, renaming my pets etc and changed the password on the internet
> connection.
>
> It's now up and running.
So jumping through some hoops worked? Is that what you are saying here?
> So London having an outage is either something that isn't affecting all
> of us, is an outdated message or I'm just lucky.
It depends onto which part of the network you connect, in a nutshell, so
yes, an 'outage' in London might only affect users in the South West of the
country, whilst those in the north see no issues.