ejects, rejects, refusals

[beagle]

Game chat from game 702394
2011-07-31 22:47:28 - Game has started
2011-07-31 22:49:55 - roel solved the puzzle in 2:27
2011-07-31 22:50:27 - beagle: sorry, the site ejected me back to the home page twice and i had to resign in. took me nearly 2 minutes to get back in. As I say, sorry for being unable to give you a game.
2011-07-31 22:58:12 - beagle solved the puzzle in 10:44
2011-07-31 22:58:12 - Game has ended
2011-07-31 22:59:13 - beagle: just taken 22 seconds to accept my submit. What the HELL is the point in playing?

Just about says it all, doesn't it!!!

[achilles]

Sometimes, it could be the server that is experiencing some hiccups that could have caused you to be "ejected" from your game, but if this is the case, it should not only be you but other players as well.

There is also a possibility that it could be your ISP that had some short hiccups which may have given you some issues during your game. Not confirming anything but we'll look into it.

[beagle]

Thanks for coming back to me on this one. I've had a long talk with my provider (O2) and between us we have come to the conclusion that the ejections could well be caused by the slowness of the broadband out here in the sticks (countryside). We are nearly 1 mile (1.6 kilometres?) from the exchange and it is all old copper line wires, We are also in a dead zone for mobile phones - sometimes we can get or send a text message, but more often than not we can't - voicemail is impossible.
We suffer from Camamorons excellent (ha ha) state of the art high speed broadband of often less than one bit (I think that is what O2 representative said) speed. The penalty for living in the UK out in the Rural wilderness.
Never-the-less, it is extremely frustrating at times, but there is no way I'll move into the town - I'd sooner do a 'Captain Oates' and walk out one snowy winters night and not come back!

[achilles]

From where I live, the internet here is pretty much congested and not very good compared to the net service I experienced in a Caribbean island when i was there. Overtime, we just have to accept what comes and tolerate any bad things that goes with it as much as we can and hope for better days. I hope things can get better for your place sooner than later.