ADSL Issue [resolved]

Some ADSL users may have seen an issue from approx 8:45 and 9:00 this was due to an engineer on site making a change to our ADSL routers that caused a temporary loss of connection for some users. As soon as the problem was spotted the issue was resolved.

We are sorry for any issues resulting from this and will ensure this does no happen again

network issue [resolved]

Between about 5am and 8:30 some users may have seen an issue with a loss of connectivity to a small number of locations. Investigations have shown that a issue in Manchester stopped some traffic routing correctly and blocking access to some locations and servers.

We have now investigated this issue and resolved the visible issue. We are however investigating the full reason for the issue seen and looking into what can be done to prevent it occuring again.

Network issue [resolved]

There was an issue affecting access to some network services located in Huntingdon and Manchester on the 7/01/2010 from appro 6pm until midnight.

The cause was seperate failures of our two links to Huntingson (one via Manchester the other direct from London to Huntingdon.

One we were aware of the incident we used another backup link to provide access to most services in Huntington and Manchester although a small number of servers could not be reached via this route. We are waiting details from our supplier a to the cause of the main link (the other link was taken down for an upgrade that is to be completed in the morning).

We apologise for any issues that this may have caused and we are working to ensure this does not happen again

Planned Work – 14/11/09

One of our transit providers will be performing maintenance work in the early hours of 14/11/09. We have multiple providers conencted so we expect this work to have no real impact, however with all work of this nature there is a small risk that you may see some network disruption as the service is taken down for maintanance and again when the service is restored.

We will monitor this work and will be able to manually make changes should a larger issue occur

At Risk – Sunday 8th November

We have been notified by EDF Energy of engineering works in Huntingdon which will lead to a planned power shutdown between the hours of 8am and 4pm on Sunday 8th November. This will mean there is no mains power to our data centre during this time.

We have a generator of our own which should take the load through this time and has been tested on numerous occasions however as with anything there is a small risk of an issue. We will have engineers on site during the day and we will be monitoring very closely though the day for any issues.

This post will be updated should any further information beccome available or any issues occur

[update 9:30am Utility Power to Huntingdon has now been shutdown we are running on our generator which switched over fine. We expect utility power to return at approx 4pm]

[update 4:20pm Utility power is now restored to our Huntington Data Centre and all services appear to be working fine with no outage experienced]

Phone issues

There appears to be an issue with our main 0800 number and our support number 0845 330 0666. This is being investigated and should be fixed shortly.

In the mean time or ‘real’ number 01480 222940 is working fine should you need to call us

This has been resolved