In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : They may well do that but I can't see it being related to this issue. I saw that P2P comment a while back. I don't think the download client ever uses any P2P protocol (why would it), and your browser certainly doesn't so you'd still be able to browse the SB&G sites. But it does (on the face of it) look like EE are blocking the Sky IPs for 'some reason'. Do the EE accounts have a management 'portal' where you can enable/disable parental guidance type stuff? Wondering if there's a rule that kicks in blocking 'gambling' sites at those times? Just throwing something out there - It's probably already been discussed and excluded if it was something so obvious! Posted by NoseyBonk
I have no idea about the Sky using P2P protocol thing or why they'd do it tbh, I'm useless with this stuff, but there is a link in the OP of thread to the thread where this issue is being discussed on EE's forum and it was someone there that brought up the P2P idea.
I'm grinding MTTs these days so Sky is just one of many sites I play on, and I'm able to play on Stars, 888, Party Poker and iPoker all during the times Sky won't work, so it's definitely not a block across all gambling sites.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : I have no idea about the Sky using P2P protocol thing or why they'd do it tbh, I'm useless with this stuff, but there is a link in the OP of thread to the thread where this issue is being discussed on EE's forum and it was someone there that brought up the P2P idea. I'm grinding MTTs these days so Sky is just one of many sites I play on, and I'm able to play on Stars, 888, Party Poker and iPoker all during the times Sky won't work, so it's definitely not a block across all gambling sites. Posted by Lambert180
Its looking like this isn't just a Sky specific problem, that guy over at EE was saying he couldn't connect to Party when this s***t happens, so last night I thought I would try and I couldn't get on Party either. Then a guy over there couldn't get on Will Hill to cash in a bet, which ended up costing him £4k . Think this is some Evil master plan of Pokerstars to grab that last 3% of market share and get us all mass tabling Spin n Go's lol.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : +1 I reckon I must have missed easily like £3k+ worth of tournies on here since this started. Posted by Lambert180
If its worth your while mate I would defo suggest getting a sim of these guys https://mobi-data.co.uk/uk/en/ if you have no other means of getting online, unfortunately I had to take out the 1GB 30 day rolling plan, because that 100MB was gone in no time and I only played like 4 tables of Sky for just over an hour.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : Same for me, I only seem to have had this problem on Sunday so far. Posted by MrJoeBlogs
This week so far only day I had a problem was Weds and had to use my dongle.
Really thought we had seen an end to this, when I unbelievably managed to play yesterday, but couldn't get on today, just got on now. Posted by HaveaA1Day
+1
After people saying it seemed to be fine this week I gave it a spin on Friday and played all night without any issues. I'd took the night off last night but came today thinking I'd be fine, could play Roller etc.... nope, back to how it used to be.
I sent them an email on Monday I think and got this:
Thank you for your email.
As per the records on the system it has been escalated to CFT referral team on 05/02/15,just been notified that they are still working on the fault and it might take another 5 days to get a response from the relevant team.
I haven't been on really this week, so dont know whether they have fixed it, all I have done is click on the client to see if it would open, and so far it as been doing so.
When you guys can't get onto any of the SB&G sites - is DNS name resolution working? I assume you're using EE name servers? Try using Google's instead (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 primary/secondary). In the properties of your network connection / TCPIP settings. Enter those manually in the DNS settings instead of just accepting the settings given to you via DHCP from your router. Command Prompt | ipconfig /all will show you what DNS server settings are currently in use.
Incase EE are blocking SB&G via DNS.
Probably not but worth a shot if you're still having problems. I prefer using Google's because ISPs can do some blocking via their own DNS.
Just a thought. When you guys can't get onto any of the SB&G sites - is DNS name resolution working? I assume you're using EE name servers? Try using Google's instead (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 primary/secondary). In the properties of your network connection / TCPIP settings. Enter those manually in the DNS settings instead of just accepting the settings given to you via DHCP from your router. Command Prompt | ipconfig /all will show you what DNS server settings are currently in use. Incase EE are blocking SB&G via DNS. Probably not but worth a shot if you're still having problems. I prefer using Google's because ISPs can do some blocking via their own DNS. Posted by NoseyBonk
Yeh already tried this in the beginning when this problem was just the annoying lag, but when we started getting the blackouts I stopped using it thinking that might make a difference it didn't so didn't see any point in trying it again.
I've had no issues last 2 nights (clearly kiss of death there), what about others? Posted by RossMc
Oh yeh they was right back again today.......wonder what day it is?! , got problems with my bank at moment, thats the only thing that stopped me from cancelling my contract, so gonna give them until Sunday and when they fail us once again, i'll be on the phone to them.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : Yeh already tried this in the beginning when this problem was just the annoying lag, but when we started getting the blackouts I stopped using it thinking that might make a difference it didn't so didn't see any point in trying it again. Posted by HaveaA1Day
Ah, ok. Twas just a thought. Failed name resolution (what DNS does) wouldn't cause 'lag' - it would stop you accessing the site at all, like you get sometimes. Probably easier to just change ISP if no solution is found soon. Can you get out of EE easily?
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : Ah, ok. Twas just a thought. Failed name resolution (what DNS does) wouldn't cause 'lag' - it would stop you accessing the site at all, like you get sometimes. Probably easier to just change ISP if no solution is found soon. Can you get out of EE easily? Posted by NoseyBonk
Still under contract til April/May I think, but gonna try and twist there arm, and get them to release me free of charge because of all this hassle.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : Still under contract til April/May I think, but gonna try and twist there arm, and get them to release me free of charge because of all this hassle. Posted by HaveaA1Day
Good luck!
I usually use (relatively) small ISPs. I was using 'BE' who were superb, but they were aquired by Sky last year. Must admit I was concerned my 100% reliable connection would become less reliable after a large ISP took over, but to be fair it's continued to be superb since Sky took over. Sky even implemented some of the 'BE' features such as allowing you to control your own line profile, which is handy (or was, it's N/A on fibre). I've just switched to Sky Fibre Unlimited - as it happens gone live today! - so hopefully things continue to be good.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet : Good luck! I usually use (relatively) small ISPs. I was using 'BE' who were superb, but they were aquired by Sky last year. Must admit I was concerned my 100% reliable connection would become less reliable after a large ISP took over, but to be fair it's continued to be superb since Sky took over. Sky even implemented some of the 'BE' features such as allowing you to control your own line profile, which is handy (or was, it's N/A on fibre). I've just switched to Sky Fibre Unlimited - as it happens gone live today! - so hopefully things continue to be good. Zen Internet are very good too. Posted by NoseyBonk
Yeh I was with Sky before EE, and they was easily the best ISP I had ever used, and they virtually give BB away when you go thro a cashback site, got an amazing deal right now, but £100 of it is a M&S e-gift card, which isn't that great compared to my last deal I had with them that was nearly all cash. But should keep me in socks til the end of time .
Pretty p*ssed with EE, just got off phone they said there is nothing they can do about this problem, dont know what the **** they have supposedly been investigating then. So there gonna let me leave my contract early, but they are making me pay a £14 termination fee that they wouldn't budge on.
Pretty p*ssed with EE, just got off phone they said there is nothing they can do about this problem, dont know what the **** they have supposedly been investigating then. So there gonna let me leave my contract early, but they are making me pay a £14 termination fee that they wouldn't budge on. Posted by HaveaA1Day
Brilliant.
Since 2009 I've never had a problem playing on Sky Poker (except when it's down for maint haha) via various ISPs including Nildram, BE and Sky. So GL getting sorted.
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I'm grinding MTTs these days so Sky is just one of many sites I play on, and I'm able to play on Stars, 888, Party Poker and iPoker all during the times Sky won't work, so it's definitely not a block across all gambling sites.
After people saying it seemed to be fine this week I gave it a spin on Friday and played all night without any issues. I'd took the night off last night but came today thinking I'd be fine, could play Roller etc.... nope, back to how it used to be.
Thank you for your email.
As per the records on the system it has been escalated to CFT referral
team on 05/02/15,just been notified that they are still working on the
fault and it might take another 5 days to get a response from the
relevant team.
I haven't been on really this week, so dont know whether they have fixed it, all I have done is click on the client to see if it would open, and so far it as been doing so.
Apart from that it's been ok.
When you guys can't get onto any of the SB&G sites - is DNS name resolution working? I assume you're using EE name servers? Try using Google's instead (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 primary/secondary). In the properties of your network connection / TCPIP settings. Enter those manually in the DNS settings instead of just accepting the settings given to you via DHCP from your router. Command Prompt | ipconfig /all will show you what DNS server settings are currently in use.
Incase EE are blocking SB&G via DNS.
Probably not but worth a shot if you're still having problems. I prefer using Google's because ISPs can do some blocking via their own DNS.
In Response to Re: People having trouble connecting to Sky Poker/Sky Bet:
Oh yeh they was right back again today.......wonder what day it is?!
Probably easier to just change ISP if no solution is found soon. Can you get out of EE easily?
I usually use (relatively) small ISPs. I was using 'BE' who were superb, but they were aquired by Sky last year. Must admit I was concerned my 100% reliable connection would become less reliable after a large ISP took over, but to be fair it's continued to be superb since Sky took over. Sky even implemented some of the 'BE' features such as allowing you to control your own line profile, which is handy (or was, it's N/A on fibre). I've just switched to Sky Fibre Unlimited - as it happens gone live today! - so hopefully things continue to be good.
Zen Internet are very good too.
Since 2009 I've never had a problem playing on Sky Poker (except when it's down for maint haha) via various ISPs including Nildram, BE and Sky. So GL getting sorted.