dslzoneuk - has it disappeared?

Hi

I know I am asking about one of the opposition sites here but I keep getting the old 404 error (Site not found) when I try to look at the dslzoneuk site (www.dslzoneuk.net).

I am wondering if the site is down or whether TalkTalk ( my ISP - yes, I know I am daft to stick with them ) have blocked access because they always got such bad reviews! ... LoL.

Thanks

Paul

It's still accessible but all the content has gone. E.g. http://dslzone.net/robots.txt

Hi BatBoy

Thanks very much for the quick reply and for the info.

Were dslzoneuk.net and dslzone.net the same site I wonder? I see your link is to dslzone.net.

Paul

Edited by deleted (Wed 21-Nov-12 18:06:39)

I think there's a forum here you could use

Hi again

Hope I haven't caused confusion by editting my post but I only noticed that your link was for dslzone.net after I had posted ... *blushes*.

One of the good points about dslzoneuk was the ability to comment on an ISP and quickly see other comments as well as a good graphical display.

Paul

In reply to a post by pfc:

Hi BatBoy

Thanks very much for the quick reply and for the info.

Were dslzoneuk.net and dslzone.net the same site I wonder? I see your link is to dslzone.net.

Paul

Ah yes, a mistype while I was looking in the archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110723103826/http://www...
sorry

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Ah yes, a mistype while I was looking in the archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110723103826/http://www...
sorry

No problem ... 'twas my fault for editting my previous post

Thanks for your prompt replies anyway ...

It was up last Fri (see http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/pipexusers/t/418053... ), albeit with old info, after falling over earlier. Now looks gone for good.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

It was up last Fri (see http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/pipexusers/t/418053... ), albeit with old info, after falling over earlier. Now looks gone for good.

Thanks for the reply and for the link to the other thread. Sorry for not finding that and duplicating but I searched for dslzoneuk with the "uk" on the end.

It'll be sad if it is gone for good ...

In reply to a post by pfc:

Hi

I know I am asking about one of the opposition sites here but I keep getting the old 404 error (Site not found) when I try to look at the dslzoneuk site (www.dslzoneuk.net).

I am wondering if the site is down or whether TalkTalk ( my ISP - yes, I know I am daft to stick with them ) have blocked access because they always got such bad reviews! ... LoL.

Thanks

Paul

I stopped visiting ages ago after I kept getting hassle with me having to change my password all the time usually every few days, no website is worth that much hassle !

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In reply to a post by pfc:

Hi

I know I am asking about one of the opposition sites here but I keep getting the old 404 error (Site not found) when I try to look at the dslzoneuk site (www.dslzoneuk.net).

I am wondering if the site is down or whether TalkTalk ( my ISP - yes, I know I am daft to stick with them ) have blocked access because they always got such bad reviews! ... LoL.

Thanks

Paul

I stopped visiting ages ago after I kept getting hassle with me having to change my password all the time usually every few days, no website is worth that much hassle !

Hmm ... yes ... I can see that that would be very tiresome. Now you come to mention it, latterly I think I was finding the same problem.

Ah well ... RIP dslzoneuk. Good while it lasted!

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

I stopped visiting ages ago after I kept getting hassle with me having to change my password all the time usually every few days, no website is worth that much hassle !

p.s. I think it was an anti-spam measure but (as the forum was getting spammed all the time) surely there are better ways to limit spam !?

In reply to a post by pfc:

Ah well ... RIP dslzoneuk. Good while it lasted!

Yes it has had it's day

I think Queen sang an appropriate song for this thread, something about biting the dust

In reply to a post by techguy:

I think Queen sang an appropriate song for this thread, something about biting the dust

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In reply to a post by techguy:

I think Queen sang an appropriate song for this thread, something about biting the dust

Eyethangyew

It needed to disappear I reckon. It has been neglected, apart from some very recent updates, for 5 years or more. This is a problem for a site that claims to offer information to help you choose ISP. This is a shame, considering that it once won awards for it. I believe the owner had trouble finding time.

I used to visit the site when I was on VM 10Mb and 20Mb years ago, when I was looking for decent speed testers. It's max was 24Mb, which was OK then. I used to contribute to the cable forum there. However very few actually used the forums. Occasional visits since then revealed even less visitors. They were from old-timers checking it out.

Its main problem has been failure to move with the times. It needed to update its speed test. It was still on 24Mb max last time I looked and it failed to detect your IP, so it couldn't add your ISP to its data base. It needed to begin to concentrate on the growing cable/fibre market or die, if necessary re-branding. Since there is no notice declaring that it has moved URL or re-branded, It appears to have died.

In reply to a post by roughbeast:

It needed to disappear I reckon. It has been neglected, apart from some very recent updates, for 5 years or more. This is a problem for a site that claims to offer information to help you choose ISP. This is a shame, considering that it once won awards for it. I believe the owner had trouble finding time.

Yes it all started going downhill when James took over the running of ADSL24

In reply to a post by roughbeast:

It needed to disappear I reckon. It has been neglected, apart from some very recent updates, for 5 years or more. This is a problem for a site that claims to offer information to help you choose ISP. This is a shame, considering that it once won awards for it. I believe the owner had trouble finding time.

I used to visit the site when I was on VM 10Mb and 20Mb years ago, when I was looking for decent speed testers. It's max was 24Mb, which was OK then. I used to contribute to the cable forum there. However very few actually used the forums. Occasional visits since then revealed even less visitors. They were from old-timers checking it out.

Its main problem has been failure to move with the times. It needed to update its speed test. It was still on 24Mb max last time I looked and it failed to detect your IP, so it couldn't add your ISP to its data base. It needed to begin to concentrate on the growing cable/fibre market or die, if necessary re-branding. Since there is no notice declaring that it has moved URL or re-branded, It appears to have died.

I also used to use it years back but the site was clearly getting negleted so I stopped bothering, especially after some security issues.

There was eg. some very good ukonline discussion on there.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

I also used to use it years back but the site was clearly getting neglected so I stopped bothering, especially after some security issues.

Yeah I got infected by malware and had to run scans to clear them from my PC.

Security is so important when running websites as you know !

So did I, it was a nasty one. I assume you know of Tech4talk.net, curly? I linger between here and there.

Edited by Danh_Gbwe (Wed 21-Nov-12 22:29:14)

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So did I, it was a nasty one. I assume you know of Tech4talk.net, curly? I linger between here and there.

Yeah it was the first time I got caught out in years and really put me off visiting after that.

No I have not heard of Tech4talk.net I'm afraid.

Hi guys

It hasn't gone quite yet. Some Server issues at the moment - hopefully it'll be back online soon

It's going to keep on getting server issues until it gets up to date software.

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by Danh_Gbwe:

So did I, it was a nasty one. I assume you know of Tech4talk.net, curly? I linger between here and there.

Yeah it was the first time I got caught out in years and really put me off visiting after that.

No I have not heard of Tech4talk.net I'm afraid.

Snadge from DSLZone set-up Tech4Talk. it's a great Site with Snadge being very knowledgeable about all things Broadband.

Link here - http://www.tech4talk.net/index.php

In reply to a post by MILOS10000:

Hi guys

It hasn't gone quite yet. Some Server issues at the moment - hopefully it'll be back online soon

Hi MILOS.

Has it still got that annoying anti-spam measure where you have to keep changing your password to get access ?

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In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by Danh_Gbwe:

So did I, it was a nasty one. I assume you know of Tech4talk.net, curly? I linger between here and there.

Yeah it was the first time I got caught out in years and really put me off visiting after that.

No I have not heard of Tech4talk.net I'm afraid.

Snadge from DSLZone set-up Tech4Talk. it's a great Site with Snadge being very knowledgeable about all things Broadband.

Link here - http://www.tech4talk.net/index.php

Yes I remember Snadge.

Thanks for the link, bookmarked.

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In reply to a post by MILOS10000:

Hi guys

It hasn't gone quite yet. Some Server issues at the moment - hopefully it'll be back online soon

Hi MILOS.

Has it still got that annoying anti-spam measure where you have to keep changing your password to get access ?

I haven't seen it for a while mate, but I think it asks for a password change every few months...

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In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by MILOS10000:

Hi guys

It hasn't gone quite yet. Some Server issues at the moment - hopefully it'll be back online soon

Hi MILOS.

Has it still got that annoying anti-spam measure where you have to keep changing your password to get access ?

I haven't seen it for a while mate, but I think it asks for a password change every few months...

Oh right, every few months isn't too bad as before every few weeks it used to ask for a new password !

Looks like it has gone for good this time then

In reply to a post by MILOS10000:

Looks like it has gone for good this time then

Who cares, I don't !

I'll miss some of the guys there... they were a good bunch.

Thats 2 forums I used gone during 2012.

Oh well....

I used to like the isp ratings bar chart from DSL zone . Like here http://web.archive.org/web/20101208234456/http://dsl...

They don't have it like that on TB. Some of the tools were simple and good to use as well. When we have thinkbroadband and ISPreview, not much room on the web for others.

Never did get on with ISP Review, and to be honest DSLZone had become a rather comfy place for me to [censored] about BT Openjoke and chew over matters not always related to Broadband.

Hasn't been a good year for my "Foruming" I was offered "Gifted Ownership" of an existing one where I had been Admin for more than 6 years - but the hosting costs (and potential legal minefields of running a consumer site) ruled that one out.

In reply to a post by CurlyWhirly:

In reply to a post by MILOS10000:

Looks like it has gone for good this time then

Who cares, I don't !

lololol

Edited by deleted (Tue 08-Jan-13 14:37:45)

In reply to a post by warweezil:

I'll miss some of the guys there... they were a good bunch.

Thats 2 forums I used gone during 2012.

Oh well....

Few of us, including Curly, are now over on Snadge's Tech4Talk Site Come and check it out mate

http://www.tech4talk.net/index.php