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I think I might have found out why your internet was amazingly slow the other day. VM managed to make a mistake during a routine maintenance of their broadband in the North West, Yorkshire and Midlands. All their set top boxes and routers managed to loose their leased IP, thus meaning they had to request a new one which overloaded the servers. The system was reset mid day on Tuesday to restore service. BBC Article.
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That would certainly explain it. It was my eBay day and it was agonisingly slow. Hopefully they will be more careful next time.
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Suppose it has to happen some times else how would you know it is going right all the other times?! :D
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