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by **Markus Stiepe** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I'm kinda frustrated and can now feel how you guys must be cursing, those of
u who get this frequently. I haven't had a disco for months, last nite I got
bashed on lap1 of the restart of REAR MC, today, just minutes ago, SRM said
goodbye to me on transition. I immediately tried 6 different ISP's and
joined different servers on VROC, all with pings of around 100. I can't stay
connected to any, quality goes from perfect to infinite within
seconds........ something wrong with the net this weekend or is it just me?
WinVROC-Chatrooms all give me an error-message asking me to check my
connection, cant get in there either.

cya
Maaki "searching for a big hammer" Stiepel

by **Graeme Nas** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hi Maaki,

I think there were some problems around the net yesterday, I was
suffering lots of warps and disco's yesterday (very rare for me) and I
spoke to several others who were suffering the same thing. Hopefully it
will be better tonight, round one of UKGPL awaits :-)

--
Cheers!
Graeme Nash

by **Markus Stiepe** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hey Bruce, are u kiddin me?? :))
cya
Maaki

btw, I'm back in, and no disco since..................

by **Eldre** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>I'm kinda frustrated and can now feel how you guys must be cursing, those of
>u who get this frequently. I haven't had a disco for months, last nite I got
>bashed on lap1 of the restart of REAR MC, today, just minutes ago, SRM said
>goodbye to me on transition. I immediately tried 6 different ISP's and
>joined different servers on VROC, all with pings of around 100. I can't stay
>connected to any, quality goes from perfect to infinite within
>seconds........ something wrong with the net this weekend or is it just me?
>WinVROC-Chatrooms all give me an error-message asking me to check my
>connection, cant get in there either.

>cya
>Maaki "searching for a big hammer" Stiepel

We had a lot of problems in our TCC races yesterday. There were many
disconnections, from people who are normally fairly steady.

Eldred
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by **Shum** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Do you use a cordless phone?

Cordless phones cause massive line noise even when they are on the hook. If
you do use a cordless phone... unplug it when you race (I assume it's
useless when you are online anyways... so I doubt it'll affect you...).

Don't know if this is your problem... but it doesn't hurt to just unplug it
from the wall anyways.

Cheers,

Shumi

by **Scott Boha** » Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I've had similar probs this afternoon, and I'm connected
through our LAN, so ISPs and cordless phones don't seem to
be the problem.

> Cordless phones cause massive line noise even when they
are on the hook. If
> you do use a cordless phone... unplug it when you race (I
assume it's
> useless when you are online anyways... so I doubt it'll
affect you...).

> Don't know if this is your problem... but it doesn't hurt
to just unplug it
> from the wall anyways.

> Cheers,

> Shumi

> > I'm kinda frustrated and can now feel how you guys must
be cursing, those
> of
> > u who get this frequently. I haven't had a disco for
months, last nite I
> got
> > bashed on lap1 of the restart of REAR MC, today, just
minutes ago, SRM
> said
> > goodbye to me on transition. I immediately tried 6
different ISP's and
> > joined different servers on VROC, all with pings of
around 100. I can't
> stay
> > connected to any, quality goes from perfect to infinite
within
> > seconds........ something wrong with the net this

weekend or is it just

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by **Bruce Kennewel** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

This effect will grow, Markus, as we enter the "Solar Max" this year. This
occurs every eleven years (approx) and is caused by *** aactivity on/in
the Sun producing massive discharges of solar radiation (in 1987 it caused
massive blackouts in eastern Canada).

Believe me...it will get worse.

--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
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by **??artij** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I thought the major part of the Internet traffic was routed through cables,
and not by sattelites. I don't think cables are that much affected by solar
activity as the sattelites are. But perhaps I'm wrong here, please correct
me.

by **Andrew MacPhers** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I suspect this bad weekend is more to do with pirated copies of Win2000
moving around than solar flares :-)

Similar things seem to happen when a new, eagerly awaited demo for
something like Quake turns up. Bandwidth vanishes for a few days.

Andrew McP

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

No mate...no kidding. We can all expect huge increases in interference with
all forms of communications this year....particularly any comms that are
relayed via satellite.

--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
---------------------------

> Hey Bruce, are u kiddin me?? :))
> cya
> Maaki

> btw, I'm back in, and no disco since..................

> > This effect will grow, Markus, as we enter the "Solar Max" this year.
> This
> > occurs every eleven years (approx) and is caused by *** aactivity
> on/in
> > the Sun producing massive discharges of solar radiation (in 1987 it
caused
> > massive blackouts in eastern Canada).

> > Believe me...it will get worse.

> > --
> > Regards,
> > Bruce Kennewell,
> > Canberra, Australia.

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by **Bruce Kennewel** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

A lot of international traffic is handled by satellite, Martin but yes, a
host of it still travels via cable as well.
But even "cable" transmission is susceptible to the high levels of solar
radiation produced during a Solar Max.

--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
---------------------------

> I thought the major part of the Internet traffic was routed through
cables,
> and not by sattelites. I don't think cables are that much affected by
solar
> activity as the sattelites are. But perhaps I'm wrong here, please correct
> me.

> > This effect will grow, Markus, as we enter the "Solar Max" this year.
> This
> > occurs every eleven years (approx) and is caused by *** aactivity
> on/in
> > the Sun producing massive discharges of solar radiation (in 1987 it
> caused
> > massive blackouts in eastern Canada).

> > Believe me...it will get worse.

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by **Richard G Cleg** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

: No mate...no kidding. We can all expect huge increases in interference with
: all forms of communications this year....particularly any comms that are
: relayed via satellite.

(Grin) If you're relaying your internet stuff by satellite it's no
wonder you're getting poor ping times Bruce. Seriously tho, do they
really do that in Oz?

The idea that solar flares will affect underground fiber optic bundles
is more than somewhat laughable. I don't know enough about fiber optics
to comment.

--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

by **Alan Orto** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

In a worst case scenario they say the strong magnetic rays can pass
though the atmopshere and instantly shut down anything electronic like a
nulcear storm would. A similar Magnetic storm happened about 10 years
ago and it caused eastern Canada to lose power for a while. I just hope
they don't hype it as much as they did with Y2K. But we should get to
see some nice Northern Lights. :)

> A lot of international traffic is handled by satellite, Martin but yes, a
> host of it still travels via cable as well.
> But even "cable" transmission is susceptible to the high levels of solar
> radiation produced during a Solar Max.

> --
> Regards,
> Bruce Kennewell,
> Canberra, Australia.
> ---------------------------

> > I thought the major part of the Internet traffic was routed through
> cables,
> > and not by sattelites. I don't think cables are that much affected by
> solar
> > activity as the sattelites are. But perhaps I'm wrong here, please correct
> > me.

> > > This effect will grow, Markus, as we enter the "Solar Max" this year.
> > This
> > > occurs every eleven years (approx) and is caused by *** aactivity
> > on/in
> > > the Sun producing massive discharges of solar radiation (in 1987 it
> > caused
> > > massive blackouts in eastern Canada).

> > > Believe me...it will get worse.

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by **Richard G Cleg** » Tue, 22 Feb 2000 04:00:00

: : No mate...no kidding. We can all expect huge increases in interference with
: : all forms of communications this year....particularly any comms that are
: : relayed via satellite.

: (Grin) If you're relaying your internet stuff by satellite it's no
: wonder you're getting poor ping times Bruce. Seriously tho, do they
: really do that in Oz?

: The idea that solar flares will affect underground fiber optic bundles
: is more than somewhat laughable. I don't know enough about fiber optics
: to comment.

Ooops - that last sentence was meant to say "I don't know enough about
satellite transmission to comment" - fiber optic comms (the vast
bulk of the internet) will not be affected by magnetic storms.

(By coincidence I was in a group researching magnetic storms 6 years
ago and now am in a group researching internet comms).

The entire internet backbone is fiber optic - most intersite
connections are fiber optic. Satellite is really a last resort when you
can't get a cable down - because it leads to unacceptably high ping
times.

--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:00:00

(1) Satellite transmission IS used, yes, but not universely and not for all
forms of telephonic transmission.
(2) All electro-magnetic transmissions are affected by solar radiation.
Whether the transfer of data via fibre-optics falls into this category I
don't know.

--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
---------------------------

> : No mate...no kidding. We can all expect huge increases in interference
with
> : all forms of communications this year....particularly any comms that are
> : relayed via satellite.

> (Grin) If you're relaying your internet stuff by satellite it's no
> wonder you're getting poor ping times Bruce. Seriously tho, do they
> really do that in Oz?

> The idea that solar flares will affect underground fiber optic bundles
> is more than somewhat laughable. I don't know enough about fiber optics
> to comment.

> --
> Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
> Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
> Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

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