18-03-2020, 01:33 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
It's called 'throttling back', it's done to reduce the download speed, and therefore increase the capacity on the network, as more and more people are working from home you'll probably find your speed will drop to allow more users, I have a friend who works for a government department, yesterday they were all given laptops and sent home at 10am, they've set up a new system to work from home if things get much worse. He said they were told to go home and try to 'crash' the system, obviously they want to ensure it will run when they need it. To be honest if it does get much worse then I can see them pulling the plug on internet for joe public, just to keep the country going.
18-03-2020, 01:37 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
Originally Posted by sparky
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It's called 'throttling back', it's done to reduce the download speed, and therefore increase the capacity on the network, as more and more people are working from home you'll probably find your speed will drop to allow more users, I have a friend who works for a government department, yesterday they were all given laptops and sent home at 10am, they've set up a new system to work from home if things get much worse. He said they were told to go home and try to 'crash' the system, obviously they want to ensure it will run when they need it. To be honest if it does get much worse then I can see them pulling the plug on internet for joe public, just to keep the country going.
18-03-2020, 01:42 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Yes, I suppose that is a possibility.
18-03-2020, 01:44 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
Originally Posted by sparky
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Yes, and imagine how terrible that will be, forget the food shortages and people dying, imagine all those poor kids without access to facebook! My god they may actually have to start speaking to people. lol
At a distance obviously. The other day I mentioned to a younger colleague that I remembered the Corona man delivering in the late seventies. He didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
18-03-2020, 01:49 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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At a distance obviously. The other day I mentioned to a younger colleague that I remembered the Corona man delivering in the late seventies. He didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
I actually heard the other day that sales of Corona beer had fallen because people didn't like asking for it.
18-03-2020, 04:57 PM
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Re: Anyone having internet connection problems?
Originally Posted by sparky
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It's called 'throttling back', it's done to reduce the download speed, and therefore increase the capacity on the network, as more and more people are working from home you'll probably find your speed will drop to allow more users, I have a friend who works for a government department, yesterday they were all given laptops and sent home at 10am, they've set up a new system to work from home if things get much worse. He said they were told to go home and try to 'crash' the system, obviously they want to ensure it will run when they need it. To be honest if it does get much worse then I can see them pulling the plug on internet for joe public, just to keep the country going.
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