General Chat

No, the problem has been occurring for weeks now Tec, at is why I thought I needed a new router, but it seems there was nothing wrong with the old one :-(

Good Morning Sue,

I hope the weather gets better for you, been a sunny day here, but still cold in the wind.

Linda - Just a thought, could this trouble be since you connected the new router?

off to make coffee for a minute

Good morning Sue,

Having to keep reconnecting the internet is annoying, but Skype cutting out is worse because we haven't been able to see eve for a few nights, we talk to her on speaker phone, but she doesn't understand why the video doesn't work

Hello - cold, wet and miserable this morning.....the weather not me :-)

How annoying that is, Linda. Like Tec I guessed that would happen :-(

I have spent a long time on the phone this evening to the help desk running various tests to no avail. apparently I have a really good download speed :-S
Tomorrow, I have to disconnect the modem and take it to the main socket to do the tests again before they will call out a broadband engineer. In the meantime the internet keeps cutting out all the time. I think they are trying to prove that it is our internal wiring which is at fault, so they can charge us a load of money to fix it :-(

Oh dear - how frustrating that is.

When I read your earlier post I guessed this would happen.
Hopefully they will locate the fault tomorrow, and perhaps the line will still be faulty when the engineer calls again.

KEEP CALM - AND CARRY ON ;-)

Well, it worked all day, but now the fault is back again with the internet constantly cutting out. I have reported it again, but the engineer from this morning hasn't put his report in yet, so they won't do anything until he has done that :-|

Sorry about last night Tec, the internet cut out and I couldn't get it back.

Openreach said they would be here sometime between 8 am and 1pm to test the phone line, so I crawled out of bed at 7.50am.

At 8 on the dot the telephone rang and an engineer said he had come to look at the fault, he was outside, could he come in. I asked him if he had done something outside in the cabinet because the line was crystal clear, but he said not. I had also just put the computer on and tried Facebook which I have not been able to connect to for days and it connected.

Anyway, he tested the telephone line and it was fine, wouldn't you believe it, because it has been unusable for days. People have been phoning me on my mobile because the line was so bad. He has gone away now,so I am waiting for this intermittent fault to come back again. In the meantime, I can get onto the internet, but the sites are painfully slow to load

Yes I saw the news about the Australian exhibit winning awards at the Chelsea Flower Show - first time I think :-)

Goodnight Tec - sleep well <3

It was a nice sunny day here, but rather cool. Now we have rain forecast, and even snow at the weekend, which is another Bank Holiday Monday. The snow will only be on high ground.

The Australian exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, won a Gold Medal, and Best Garden in show today.
The team from Melbourne were overjoyed. This is their last year here, having exhibited for nine years.

Well I have to go to bed now,
Enjoy your day Sue, and Berona, and Persie,
Hope Linda gets reconnected tomorrow,

Goodnight,
Tec. :-)

I can't believe it sings Rule Britania :-0

It's quite overcast here. We do need some rain but after some glorious sunny days it will be quite miserable if it rains over the next few days as is forecast.

I can't take a photo on mine :-D

Definitely not a gadget man.............

I do laugh when someone comes on here and says "Hi Tec"

I am probably the least high tec man in the world :-D got left behind.

My grand daughters phone does everything, photo's, videos, e-mails, everything, cooks the dinner, boils the kettle, and sings Rule Britania :-D

My mobile phone is the same Tec - I haven't even taken a photo with it. Nothing fancy about it at all. OH on the other hand has a phone that would take me forever to learn how to use. He loves it but then he's a gadget man :-D

It is strange that we get to rely on things we managed quite well without.

I have a mobile, but very rarely use it. It is just a safety net now when I'm out, and maybe needed at home.
My mobile number is clearly displayed on the house phone should it be needed.

It's very basic, no whistles and bells, just makes calls and text, and receives them.

Isn't it funny how we find it hard to imagine what we did without certain appliances or gadgets? When mobile phones first came out I always said that I wouldn't have one - probably because they were enormous and I never carry a large handbag. Now I don't know how I'd manage without one. Silly really because I sometimes complain that it's too easy to be contacted these days - no peace :-(

It is such a nuisance when you have no phone - at least these days we have mobiles.

Our phone was taken out by lightning - the junction box blew off the wall in the lounge - we were without a phone for over a week, and I didn't have a mobile then

I'm fine this morning thank you :-)

What a nuisance when your phone line is playing up :-(

Good Morning Sue, How are you today?

Linda is here somewhere - but she has her wires crossed :-D

Hello :-D

Have you asked if your neighbour's line is ok?

I remember many years ago we had a "party" line. That was funny at times

:-)