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no streamingVIRGIN MEDIA HAS said it’s looking into fixing a situation where some of its customers are experiencing slow speeds for Netflix or unable to access it at all.
The issue saw some users unable to load up shows and films in anything other than standard definition instead of high definition.
The problem appeared to have started last week with customers bringing up the issue on boards.ie. Many reported shows being broadcast in 480p instead of 4k despite having 240Mb connections.
When some used a VPN (Virtual Private Network, used as a way to access content from other countries), they found the speeds increased. Using other services with the same connection did not see a drop in speed.
A spokesperson for Virgin Media said it was checking “what appears to be an intermittent fault with accessing Netflix being experienced by a handful of customers”.
“We’re working through a resolution in each customer case and are confident this will be resolved very shortly”, they said.
Virgin Media was originally UPC before it was rebranded back in October where alongside its broadband and TV packages, it announced it would be entering the Irish mobile market.
In the global speeds report compiled by Netflix, Magnet was the fastest with 3.42Mbps followed by eir (3.15Mbps) and BT Ireland (3.15Mbps). Virgin Media fell two places to fourth with 3.08Mbps.
Netflix recently announced it would be clamping down on proxies and unblockers as it’s now available in almost every country in the world. It said its goal was to ensure that content was consistent across all countries which its CEO Reed Hastings believes will be the case “over the next five to ten years”.
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Ahh such a pity, some anti climax tho
We nearly got killed ya mad man, have you not seen deep impact shocking stuff
That’s an impressive trail of debris. it also seems to brighten in the final frame.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/11106507235_ec20b425d7_o.gif
More recent footage… Looks like at least part of the comet is still on the move…
A minutes applause for comet ISON
More like a minutes silence :(
The best result, for me, would be a break-up on its trajectory towards the Sun as we would get much more data that way. A survive & pass around the Sun would yield much less for spectroscopy.
You realise that nobody is gonna know what spectroscopy is
@paul, I wouldnt say nobody!
Paul
You should have said
You realise no normal person is gonna know what spectroscopy is
Oh wait got a red thumb, that must be the dumb ass that doesnt know!
And again!
You must be much more cleverer than the rest of us!
Sun-grazing comet likely to have broken up: “it’s not you, it’s me…”
It’s alive a fragment has survived. In the words of Fr.Jack Hackett ” I love my brick”
:(
The Ison lives! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGvyNoVPDUc
Does that mean it contains regular water or heavy water? anyone know
Water is weightless in space.
Sorry. Hat, coat, door.
Nothing is weightless in space, there is gravity everywhere in space. That’s what keeps the moon orbiting the earth and the earth orbiting the sun.
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