Baffled ( web addresses not working )

[Davon]

Hi ,

For the last couple of days I have been trying to access the Axminster, Rutlands and several other websites on my desktop pc and two different laptops in the house.

I keep getting timed out, however, I can access any other sites with no problem ( such as Fine woodworking ). I have run system restore, updates, Malware bytes, scanned for viruses, and a host of other things I can't remember.

I am running Firefox on the desktop with win 7, on one laptop F/F and win xp the other laptop is F/F with Vista. This problem has only just started as I am on my computer most nights.

Has anyone got any ideas ??

Thanks

Davon

 

[Jensmith]

Are you on Virgin? We're having problems accessing some sites too due to issues with Virgin. Started yesterday and current schedule suggests it'll be fixed by tomorrow 11pm.

 

[Davon]

I am

That must be it then, many thanks Jen I've just been going down the route of installing ie9 before uninstalling and then re-installing F/F

You saved me some aggro there, thanks again.

Dennis

 

[Jensmith]

Great. Hopefully they'll get it sorted out soon as it's a right pain!

 

[Benchwayze]

Yep and it's casing difficulties on the Forum for me too. Some pages and topics are taking minutes to connect, and I have to go for 'reload'.

I was told that, as soon as I ditched AOL, all my troubles would be over. Well I did, and... Hmmm! Never had these problems with AOL!

 

[Davon]

Ha!!

When I was with AOL I couldn't even stay connected....it used to connect and drop off within 2 minutes, I have never had problems with VM before so lets hope it's a one off.

Dennis

 

[RogerP]

In 12+ years (through United Artists - Blueyonder - Virgin) I've had minimal problems. Even when vandals completely wrecked a distribution/sub station Virgin got it back together very quickly. Today my own wireless router packed up but before buying a new one I rang Virgin to see if I could get one of their latest combined modem/wireless routers. There's one on the way - free Far as I'm concerned their service is excellent.

 

[Gerry]

Virgin internet has suffered from occasional dns issues since they belonged to NTL
Google OpenDNS and use their DNS servers. Much quicker and free.

Gerry