Successful? Which ISP are you with?

[benc]

So that's 4 with Plusnet that DIDN't get through.

[Essex_George]

Really it is just luck. Last two Glastonbury's a friend had always got through on her super fast broadband. Every time she was convinced it was because of how fast her connection was. Guess what, this year she didn't even get close.

It is just all by luck.

[Paul ™]

The only reason Virgin and BT are ahead in this poll is because they are the 2 major ISP's in the UK.

[Essex_George]

No, just luck.

Once you get a server session established then that session is MUCH more likely to be re-served than 6you are to establish a new session with another browser or device.

Luck, and nothing else.

[eFestivals]

Were you lucky Neil?!

Nope.

I got the payment page, but it timed out when I submitted the details.

If I were other people, that was because there's an anti-me conspiracy.

Edited October 6, 2013 by eFestivals

[IbizaPrincess]

then it's proven that Plusnet was blocked.

Or just perhaps more buyers than tickets means that some people are always going to lose out.

Perhaps a basic maths course would help you get it?

[Mackem]

Is this the first time you've failed Neil? I find that quite shocking.

[eFestivals]

Plusnet is owned by BT

I don't think it is, is it?

But it does run over the BT network, as does Sky Broadband and (nearly?) everything else that uses the normal phone lines.

[eFestivals]

Is this the first time you've failed Neil? I find that quite shocking.

i've failed to get my own ticket before (mates got them tho), but this is the first time i've been left without a ticket on the main sale day.

[MrHew]

Got to the holding page via sky broadband, O2 3g and ee 3g. It was the ee 3g that LUCKED it and bagged us the tickets. Tried to get back in to get tickets for others but got nowhere with anything.

[jameshunt]

BT broadband worked for me this year.

Last year was the only time my wife was able to get the booking page up instead of me and she was VPN'd in to a very fast internet service. She tried that route again this year and didn't get a sniff.

Really is luck of the draw and timing of refresh. That said, multiple browsers might help (and might not as they'll all share the same IP address). Multiple machines and using different ISPs is probably the only real way to increase your chance of success and of course creating a group of 6 of you all trying different routes in.

[kaytee...]

I used Sky BB on my laptop and got on to the holding page once through Chrome. As soon as See sorted the initial problem, my iphone got straight on to the holding page through my 3 3G and by 9:40 I was through to the booking page. Only time I've been thankful to my Three data package since the signal is pretty poor.

[posthuman]

Plusnet. But used the hosts file trick.

Without the hosts file change I did still successfully load the holding screen, many times. Three browsers open, one tab per browser

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Used Virgin.

Didn't mean to describe anybody there.

[Craigston]

Really it is just luck. Last two Glastonbury's a friend had always got through on her super fast broadband. Every time she was convinced it was because of how fast her connection was. Guess what, this year she didn't even get close.

It is just all by luck.

Edited October 6, 2013 by Craigston

[Zero_Newnab]

I too found it odd that on my phone 3g (Giffgaff) i could consistently sit at the refreshing page, whereas on the wifi I could occasionally get to the refresh page but would more often than not crash out of it repeatedly.

Not saying there's a conspiracy but it was a confusing occurance, ended up focusing on my phone because it seemed to have a much better chance.

[marketsqhero]

Absolute rubbish about the 3G connections being down to luck.

The first attempt at connected via my phone through 3G hit the holding page, I then get the booking page after a couple of minutes.

Too many people reporting the same for it to be coincidence.

I guess the DSN servers on the 3G networks weren't being overloaded as bad as on the wired networks.

[karl_uk]

I don't think it is, is it?

But it does run over the BT network, as does Sky Broadband and (nearly?) everything else that uses the normal phone lines.

[marketsqhero]

Only 2 companies have a physical network. BT (run by Openreach) and Virgin. Everyone else piggybacks on those. Some (Sky being one) have their own kit in the exchanges (called LLU, local loop unbundling) but the actually cables are still owned by BT

[karl_uk]

I got through on 3 browsers on PC, but nowhere near on 3G. Does this mean my 3G was throttled? No, it means my PC was lucky and my phone wasn't.

We did land on the moon and Elvis is dead.

But JFK wasn't killed by LHO, to be fair.

[eFestivals]

Absolute rubbish about the 3G connections being down to luck.

The first attempt at connected via my phone through 3G hit the holding page, I then get the booking page after a couple of minutes.

It was a fresh session attempt, that's all.

Too many people reporting the same for it to be coincidence.

apart from the fact that for many of those who were successful with their PCs experienced the exact same thing - to the extent that many could get thru again and again while others like.

There's shit loads of "patterns" which makes them not patterns. The only reason that you're focused on the idea that something different was going on was because you won't accept how luck works and wish to believe yourself somehow special.

It's luck, it's nothing special.

[marketsqhero]

Do you understand the concept of DSN servers and how they work?

[pie_and_a_pint]

It is just luck.

That said, it would be interesting to see the geographical spread of ticket success, i.e. were people from large cities (with faster broadband) able to connect more quickly (and get more sets of tickets) than people in rural areas?

It would also be interesting to hear whether ANYONE got through on the phone

[marketsqhero]

DNS, stupid autocorrect!

[frostypaw]

Research shows Plusnet customers to be most paranoid