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20-06-2005, 14:01
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Since the storms last night, my TV and Broadband have been playing up.
Literally every 2 or 3 minutes both my Cable TV goes blank and my internet loses connection, for a few seconds.
Its really irritating.
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20-06-2005, 14:06
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I lost my telephone service(cable) last night and it is still off. Rang Telewest and couldnt even get through to speak to anyone. They just have recorded messages blaming last night's storm. 21st century technology at its best... 
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20-06-2005, 14:11
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we lost all power in wickersley......!
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20-06-2005, 14:13
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Quote:
Originally posted by bigjay
we lost all power in wickersley......!
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did anyone notice? 
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20-06-2005, 14:15
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
I lost my telephone service(cable) last night and it is still off. Rang Telewest and couldnt even get through to speak to anyone.
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I'm not surprised you couldn't get through.....
Anyways, we lost sky digital at 18.50 last night, just as I was getting ready to watch the good doctor do his thing.
I was not impressed 
Luckily, it came back on at 7.02. 
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20-06-2005, 14:18
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Originally posted by liencam
I'm not surprised you couldn't get through.....
Anyways, we lost sky digital at 18.50 last night, just as I was getting ready to watch the good doctor do his thing.
I was not impressed
Luckily, it came back on at 7.02.
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those are quite specific times there Mr Cam - was it a quiet night at your house then? LOL
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20-06-2005, 14:21
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
those are quite specific times there Mr Cam - was it a quiet night at your house then? LOL
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Nah - when Sky goes off, you get a message saying 'no signal is being received' and the programme banner (which also shows the time) displays constantly underneath.
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20-06-2005, 14:23
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so you just sat there and stared at it??? for 12 minutes? LOL
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20-06-2005, 14:26
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For satellite, the rain and heavy cloud cover will sometimes cause problems for digital signals that used to just give grainy picture for the old analogue receivers. The signal is absorbed by rain / snow.
We lost broadband a few times last night - wasn't sure whether it was warter in the wires at The Towers (we've had numerous cabling problems over the years on dial up and BB) or whether the elecronics were gettng a wee bit frazzled.
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Last edited by JoeP; 21-11-2006 at 21:15.
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20-06-2005, 14:31
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
those are quite specific times there Mr Cam - was it a quiet night at your house then? LOL
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What else could you do? No BB, no tele..?
There is always making a cup of tea, and completing the crossword -  .
As a side note: Our NTL BB nor TV nor phone played up last night.
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20-06-2005, 14:33
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Quote:
Originally posted by amhudson119
What else could you do? No BB, no tele..?
There is always making a cup of tea, and completing the crossword - .
As a side note: Our NTL BB nor TV nor phone played up last night.
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I'm sorry. That last line made no sense whatsoever to me. 
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20-06-2005, 14:34
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I got no Cable TV since the power cuts...
Tinternet & phone are good.
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20-06-2005, 14:35
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
so you just sat there and stared at it??? for 12 minutes? LOL
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No, I sat there occupying my hands with a rather taxing task (though I'm getting better), so I could relax after the Daleks had gone.
[Whilst listening to the girlf and lodger talking about skinny clebrities or some other such twaddle.]
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20-06-2005, 14:36
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Quote:
Originally posted by liencam
No, I sat there occupying my hands with a rather taxing task (though I'm getting better), so I could relax after the Daleks had gone.
[Whilst listening to the girlf and lodger talking about skinny clebrities or some other such twaddle.]
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Is the lodger female?
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20-06-2005, 14:37
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
Is the lodger female?
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but of course....
Now get back on topic!
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20-06-2005, 14:42
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zips mouth and goes back to work sulkily 
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20-06-2005, 14:45
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I just phoned up and there is an outage in the S2 area of sheffield for Telewest customers
althought I cant really complain as I get all my services for free 
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20-06-2005, 14:46
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Quote:
Originally posted by msbehavin
I'm sorry. That last line made no sense whatsoever to me.
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I said that due to the adverse weather conditions, my NTL package did not conk out.
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20-06-2005, 20:22
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Quote:
Originally posted by JoePritchard
For satellite, the rain and heavy cloud cover will sometimes cause problems for digital signals that used to just give grainy picture for the old analogue receivers. The signal is absorbed by rain / snow....
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Still find it slightly amazing that we are moving toward a single method of transmitting that is susceptible to signal loss during bad weather!
Is cable signal lost during bad weather, (ie I assume they take their feed from Sky for some channels), or is their Sky feed taken directly from a more resilient (or multiple) source?
We lost Sky1 ay 20:58 on Sunday, a few minutes before '24' was due on... never mind black storm clouds, the air went blue in our house for a few minutes....
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20-06-2005, 21:01
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Storm fried my modem.
As for digi-box, programmes getting fewer over last few days.
To zero today.
Auto retune and all back & OK!
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