Suffering ADSL connectivity issues lately? This may explain it

[strawberry]

My internet is still snailing along (apparently 'snailing' is a valid verb!)
PS its 01h35 on 3 November.

 

[CrouxL]

yup, also still have problems...
8:06 AM, 3 Nov 2011

 

[Noodle]

why dont they just e-mail us and say they have probs ? got so angry until i read this now

 

[matt]

why dont they just e-mail us and say they have probs ? got so angry until i read this now

If you have a look on your ISP's website, they should have a network status page that will tell you about whatever problems they are having and what's happening.

For instance
http://www.webafrica.co.za/status/
http://www.afrihost.com/site/network_status
http://www.mweb.co.za/helpcentre/NetworkStatusNotices.aspx

I see MWeb even has a Twitter feed
http://twitter.com/#!/mweb_network

Ya, not so convenient as an email, but you can see if they have any network problems

 

[strawberry]

Axxess is full of beans. I am having abysmal speeds yet their page as of now says that they are experiencing no problems...
http://www.axxess.co.za/networkstatus.php