25 replies to this topic

[shiveringsky]

So, I'm just wondering whether some networks performed better than others on Sunday. This is not a conspiracy theory, just an exercise in curiosity. Alot of people I've asked are on the same ISP and had problems this year when they didn't before on other ISPs. This is probably just coincidence. It's more likely to be down to everyone having a harder time of it this year thanks to an increased "demand" (aka crazed U2 fans , or the great weather last year) than anything else. The lottery is random. There is no way to ensure next time will be different and no avoiding the pit of that is Sunday morning ticket days in future. Do Not Take This Poll Too Seriously.

Anyway, I'm bored.    

Edited by shiveringsky, 05 October 2010 - 06:55 PM.

[verrymerry]

I'd be interested to see the results, BUMP!

[Craigston]

Used my work's 100MB T1 Lan. The boffin's tell me connection speed doesn't matter but it has never failed me yet!

[StoneCircle]

BT for me and not a hint of getting a form up. Luckily was in MSN groups and someone got them for me who was on holiday in Cyprus!

[jameshunt]

Where's the Facebook option?  

[mrfunk]

Just wondering how many got through on internet when they were simultaneously trying on the landline.. as the odd bit of noise from picking up the phone "Might"(if your using a cheap micro filter) of caused a tiny glitch... enough to create a timeout...  did more people succeed using just net with the phone line untouched, as all the horror stories talk about people trying everything,at once, are they just making matters worse?  ... maybee another poll might reveal... anyway back on topic

[verrymerry]

Interesting, we got tickets when I gave up and fell asleep (I was on phone duty) and then after abour 30 mins boyfriend got through online.  99.9% sure thats coincidence though

[stf]

I'm in halls so god knows what the internet service is here. But I did use Chrome, and out of interest tried a few other times to see how clogged it was (bad I know, sorry) and got through immediately each time.

I bought my tickets at 8:52, and had a confirmation email at dead on 9:00.

[pehaw]

Got tickets after 2 hours trying.

Be Broadband - effectively O2 but not quite.

Edited by pehaw, 05 October 2010 - 07:50 PM.

[MyTwistedWords]

i got absolutely nowhere near a Seetickets page for 20 minutes using my pc from 8.47am (Virgin) and ended up securing a ticket on my Network 3 HTC Hero mobile phone by 9.30am! I genuinely couldnt believe it, then a friend called and gave me their ref numbers and i went back onto my pc for 20 minutes with no success (not even a queue page)and finally went back onto the mobile, no back button etc. just entered the URL again and bingo, straight through for a second time, and this was at around 10am.
At 10.30 another friend called and gave me her ref details and i tried on both my pc and my phone until 1.20pm when i got the sold out page, so i failed in the end for her... i am now counting on the re-sales for her and another friend who's photo was rejected at 8.50am on friday giving him no time to re-register!

[dan05delaney]

AOL.....

[marcwilson87]

dan05delaney, on 05 October 2010 - 08:11 PM, said:

AOL.....

ditto

and AOL are shit...

[pehaw]

marcwilson87, on 05 October 2010 - 08:21 PM, said:

ditto

and AOL are shit...

Jesus ! Do AOL still exist?!

[marcwilson87]

pehaw, on 05 October 2010 - 08:22 PM, said:

Jesus ! Do AOL still exist?!

Yes, and they're still shit.

Did get me 29 Glasto tickets tho so I'll let them off

Edited by marcwilson87, 05 October 2010 - 08:26 PM.

[barkley87]

I got mine with Virgin standard. I had them by 8:58 and the confirmation email by 9:14 too  

Edit: I was talking to one of my colleagues who also got her tickets at around the 9am mark, so maybe it had more to do with where you live..? (I don't live in any major city by the way.)

Edited by barkley87, 05 October 2010 - 09:29 PM.

[jengeo]

Post Office broadband, only just got through, 3 tickets at 12.15ish and 1 extra ticket at 12.45, which was very lucky, was a very tense morning  

[daley]

Were On sky!
We were in the Queue for 2 hours and 10 minutes then finally got tickets! Once we got tickets the second queue page we had opened connected to the ticket page! xx

[denwyn]

Ukonline...ticket booked by 08.50.....

[bdize]

Plusnet!!  bought my 2 at 9:15 then back on again at 9:30 to get 2 more for a friend who couldn't connect.  confirmation emails within 5 mins  

[MoonBuggy]

I voted other on both - four hours of timeouts from New York, tickets within 20 minutes when I VPNed through to a connection in London. Both are universities, and I think they both basically act as their own ISPs.