PBW Down? - Back up!

Captain Kwok · #1 August 17th, 2003, 05:58 AM

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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
I have Cox Cable here in AZ, and while I have heard of people having problems, I have had very few myself. When I have had problems, their customer support has been excellent. From a performance standpoint, the network is faster now than when I signed up several years ago. Long story short, at least some providers are still coming through.

I'm signed up with Rogers cable here (~3yrs) who many people complain about, but my experience has just been like AK's to a tee, except I've never even required any customer service to this point!

Atrocities · #2 August 17th, 2003, 07:37 AM

I envy you both for having good service with your ISP's.

The progression of Cable Services

Cox Cable Mid 80's to early 85's - Never dealt with
Columbia Cable 85 (Est) to 97 Ok, good to their interns

AT&T 97 to 2003 Ok at first, degenerated
ComCast 2003 Fricking horrible

Cyclop · #3 August 17th, 2003, 03:07 PM

Too bad I can't place the PBW server at my work place at the Miami NAP (Network Access Point). We guarantee 100% power and connectivity and incredible bandwith, only hardware issues would be the only concern.

tesco samoa · #4 August 17th, 2003, 04:02 PM

I used to be on cable. Never had a problem.

Now I am on DSL. Never had a problem ( City not included )

Luck of the draw I am guessing

Cirvol · #5 August 17th, 2003, 04:36 PM

i can't believe pbw is STILL down

this is starting to get scary...
i really dont mind tooo tooo much since im on vacation, but i did bring my laptop

Excimer-500 · #6 August 17th, 2003, 07:06 PM

It's tough to imagine that it took less time to get the power back on after such a giant cascade failure, then it's taking to get this DSL back!

As for my neck of the woods - I can't complain at all about my Comcast Broadband. Even the tech that was sent to install it was well trained. He even stayed to resolve a problem I was having with it.

Tigbit · #7 August 17th, 2003, 07:55 PM

Okay, getting back on topic here.

I would like to send a message out to all those who have been holding up games all this time in hopes that PBW will be up soon. Guess what? It's not gonna happen that quickly. If they've been down this long they are likely to be down alot longer. The game admins can run the turns for everyone. What's the big deal? Are your fingers so lethargic that you cannot go through the extra effort of sending an email? This is a friendly plea to STOP HOLDING UP THE GAMES!

Geez, we all did fine without PBW before they existed and I can't believe that we can't play a game without them now that they have a long standing problem.

BTW, has it occured to anyone that they may be re-developing the entire system? They have had these issues a few times before.

P.S.
I am not looking for flame here but I have been in a game that has numerous people drop out and join and it's been held up much more than it's share. I am just tired of having to wait for months to continue a game that should have been finished by now.