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#468118 07/14/13 06:02 AM
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The islands internet speed seems to be suffering.
I'm having long (2-3 min.)waits to post and can't up or download.


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elbert #468119 07/14/13 06:29 AM
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BTL is up to its old tricks again, speeds are horrible until you fire up a VPN and then they're fine.

elbert #468125 07/14/13 09:16 AM
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Hmm, guess I will buy a vpn and see how it goes. Haven't had problems for years and all of sudden this weekend I can barely load an internet page. Usually we can stream 2 net flix movies at the same time.

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I'm using VPN and all is well

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What is a VPN and how does one get one?

Thanks

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elbert #468130 07/14/13 11:27 AM
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from Julian....

Appears something at BTL might have been damaged from the wet weather because DSL has been spotty since yesterday. Streaming videos work well but email & web browsing very degraded!

elbert #468134 07/14/13 01:14 PM
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more from Julian....

BTL confirmed that issue with DSL service has been fixed as of noon today BUT I have solid service via my VPN only.

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Julian is going to help set up my VPN at home and office. It is just a tad too much technology for my simple mind.

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Confirming right now that DSL is shot and only works well with VPN.

elbert #468137 07/14/13 02:35 PM
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BTL may be misinformed by their engineers. No improvements here.


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elbert #468156 07/15/13 04:48 AM
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terribly slow here also.
took 3 or 4 min. to post this.


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elbert #468167 07/15/13 07:16 AM
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Just got off the phone with BTL. At least this time they are recognising there is a problem and acknowledged that fact. They say they are working on it. I suppose I can't ask for more than that.


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Thanks for calling! What a PITA the last few days!

elbert #468171 07/15/13 08:28 AM
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Lord Ashcroft read the post and it's fixed now.


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elbert #468181 07/15/13 11:33 AM
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You and your buddy Lord Ashcroft!

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from Julian....

DSL is restored again. Started working well yesterday late afternoon & seems doing well up to now.

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Yes, mine even seems a little snappier than before.
The meter says 4.74 mbps


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elbert #468533 07/19/13 06:26 AM
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I have been using VPN for months now and cannot work without it. Past few days net has been bouncing in and out like a ping pong ball.


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elbert #468580 07/19/13 02:39 PM
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Today (the 19th) there has been a country wide problem and the BTL customer service is advising we reboot routers and computers. It worked for me.


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elbert #468581 07/19/13 02:40 PM
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but of course if you haven't rebooted your probably not reading this :-)


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elbert #468585 07/19/13 04:37 PM
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Rebooted and booted and did rain dances --- still spotty service.
Than again, in years gone by we had other challenges.
I remember the days before we even had FAX machines ....... presenting an offer on a property required hiring a young guy on a bicycle to ride the offer through traffic in LA --- golly their buns were cute. (oops)


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I can get on line with my iPad, but only using a VPN. My computer requires an Internet connection in order to activate the VPN so I can't get online with that. Rebooting didn't help.

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Probably a crappy time to ask, but does anyone know how far north the DSL service runs. I have a property about 6 miles north of the bridge.

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