have been trying to connect to bbc since the last day of the 2nd test. just tried it now and connecton about two seconds.

Hopefully maxnet has fixed the problem and can at listen to the third test. Iplayer loading very quickly. check it out.

Ive been using Real player to listen to BBc radio for years - all stations form 1 to 6.

I Listen to radios 2,4 & 5 most days, and had no problem with the last test match on radio 5 sports special. It runs in the background all the time while I am doing other things on the net. I also have Maxnet, but BBC Real player will even work on an AIS Edge connection. Right now I'm listening to the Moto GP.

Just download free Real Player and then connect to BBC via this site:

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