Members in Australia using Optus ISP are currently having problems to access or server in Singapore. Optus customer service is working on the problem as we speak.

Has been slow George, but in reality not to bad

Are you using Optus cable or ADSL, Bronco? Seems that the Optus Cable subscribers are having problems.

I'm back on after being unable to connect to Thaivisa for nearly a week.

We should laugh, Optus has SingTel as one of it's major share holders.

So there is a huge irony that Optus customers cannot access a Singapore based site.

I avoid Optus and Telstra for personal reasons, but have had little disruption as a result.

I had some issues with optus last week and called them to say that as I was out of contract and would be looking elsware.

Immediate response was apology and a reduction in fee of $10/month, so why not stay am still not bound by contract

so look around and barter by the sound of it

Are you using Optus cable or ADSL, Bronco? Seems that the Optus Cable subscribers are having problems.

adsl G sorry didnt see your post sooner

Maybe thats why livinginexile cant log in. I use telstra cable.No problems.

Maybe thats why livinginexile cant log in. I use telstra cable.No problems.

Yep, that seems to have been the problem, I'm with Optus. But as you can see from my omni presence....I'm back

I'm having trouble again, 3-4 minutes to load a page, same as last time before I went off air. Time to change ISP I think.

I'm having trouble again, 3-4 minutes to load a page, same as last time before I went off air. Time to change ISP I think.

You might want to hang on. Internet upload speeds seem to have been varying a lot during the last three days. Sunday was very fast, monday ground to a halt, today is faster. If the cables off Taiwan are meant to be new again by the 15th then we'll be back to normal soon.

Edited January 9, 200719 yr by lamphun

And there’s me tinking “it was something to do with the "Ashes"”

Ohh well back to the drawing board then.

Yours truly,

Kan Win

I'm having trouble again, 3-4 minutes to load a page, same as last time before I went off air. Time to change ISP I think.

Glad to see you are back you old bugger!!, one of the first thing taught to new immigrants in Oz is dont go near Telstra and stay the hel_l away from Optus, AApt Smartchat is the way to go, no contracts and great cheap and fast reliable service,Happy New Year. Nignoy

I have a BigPond cable connection which is usually quite fast but over the last two days, logging into TV has been painfully slow.

I have a fast connection to other Thailand sites which makes me think the problem may be with the TV server.

Today is a little bit faster than yesterday but not as fast as I have come to expect.

I use TPG ADSL, they seem to have weathered this slowdown well. As a bonus they offer cheap calls (Thailand @8c/min) VOIP or calling card.

Worth checking if you are looking for a different service provider.

No, not employed or on commission from them.

Thanks for the advice Nignoy (old bugger!! ), MM and Chang paarp. I'll check out the alternatives. (I've just paid for a new month with Optus!)

I don't have a problem with any site on the planet other than Thaivisa, so my thinking is the problem has to be with their connection to Singtel.

Thanks for the advice Nignoy (old bugger!! ), MM and Chang paarp. I'll check out the alternatives. (I've just paid for a new month with Optus!)

I don't have a problem with any site on the planet other than Thaivisa, so my thinking is the problem has to be with their connection to Singtel.

No, we have direct peering with several backbones in Singapore. All of them having problems due to the quaked cables. Today it's extra bad connection.