Internet Issues/Slow responses - some useful sites

[See no Evil]

1. Check your Internet speed: http://www.speedtest.net/

2. Check your ping: http://www.pingtest.net/

3. Check your exchange details: http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/

When checking your exchange's Virtual Path Capacity details add:

&etashow=yes&full=1

To the end of the URL and you can see the full history for your exchange.

[See no Evil]

Feel free to use this thread for all discussions/issues with regards to Internet Issues and Slow responses.

[XXXXtrader]

Broadband problem

I got for last month problem with internet connection with Geeks Toy.I use Virgin Cable Broadband.It`s allways problem evenings and weekends.Anyone else have thiese problems ? Should I go for higher capacity virgin broadband or should I add another provider? I got currently backup connection over the mobile.How many megabytes I use if I trade for 1 hour with open about 10 to 15 markets same time.What other broadband you recommended to me? I`m in London.Thank you very much for help

[fergovic]

Doubt

Hi,I have been using the geeks toy for a month and i just wondered why when i placed a bet it goes to a countdown before placing the bet, anyone can explainme that? can i sort iy oug? how? I tought it could be the conecction is not fast enough but if it were the conecction why the prices change very quick(3 or 4 times per econd)? i would haope anyone can help me, thanks.

[Shaun]

For those that use the above site no matter what they say about your pc don't use any of the free scans, they are never free and you can't trust what they tell you, the tests are ok but if they ask you to download anything just close it.

[The Geek]

Hi,I have been using the geeks toy for a month and i just wondered why when i placed a bet it goes to a countdown before placing the bet, anyone can explainme that? can i sort iy oug? how? I tought it could be the conecction is not fast enough but if it were the conecction why the prices change very quick(3 or 4 times per econd)? i would haope anyone can help me, thanks.

In play events are subject to delays by Betfair when placing bets. { 1 second for horse & greyhounds racing, 5 - 15 seconds for other sports / events. }

[ALLIN]

Hello frreinds there is a problem with my broadband the internet explorer is working but there is problem in sign in of Yahoo messenger int not works give an message of internet failure. please friends tell me what i have to do now?

[custard]

Hello frreinds there is a problem with my broadband the internet explorer is working but there is problem in sign in of Yahoo messenger int not works give an message of internet failure. please friends tell me what i have to do now?

Use MSN. Yahoo servers have had faults all day today.

[poppy]

Loading

Using latest Beta 3 and it is now incredibly slow to load although it was fine before. Any ideas?

[firionicable]

Well, the best way to learn if you are having problems with your connection is to always check your Internet speed every once in a while. Not all providers can offer a fast and stable net connection.

[marra]

In play events are subject to delays by Betfair when placing bets. { 1 second for horse & greyhounds racing, 5 - 15 seconds for other sports / events. }

First i would like to say thanks for the toy,i'd say its in running mode is second to none,fast,accurate and compressed with a lot of market detail:Brilliant.......I was wondering if you had previous experiance with this as of friday all my bets have had a 2 second delay on them,in-running, this has been leathal to my bank and it seems to stink of co-incidence that the method i was using was pretty good and is now usless.I emailed betfair and they sent me the following email:-

Thank you for your e-mail.

I can confirm that delays are added to inplay markets to ensure that nobody is at an advantage.

When a market is in-play, betting on this market operates in an identical fashion to normal, with one difference. When you place your bet, there is usually a deliberate time delay before the bet is processed. This is to protect customers who have made requests on the exchange for bets and wish to cancel or edit them when something dramatic happens during the event. There is no time delay for cancelling unmatched bets.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further enquiries.

Kind regards,

Bradley Williams

Betfair Helpdesk

Helpdesk Tel: 0844 871 0000
Ireland Tel: 1 - 800 944 000
Australia Tel: 1300 238 324
Canada Toll Free Tel: 1-866-381-7119
Free Fax (Australia) 1- 800 507 774
International: +44 203 059 8888

As you can see this is fluff,to me it means ive got to play at 1.08/1.01,painfully slow profit gains,with a risk of one unmatched lay bet taking away 35ish successful trades

....Is there any way round this issue or do i have to wait it out till it dont do it again as i know for a fact ive been opperating in-play with out this delay for a while...I hope my trading from home days arnt over as ill have to go back to basics and go to the courses with my laptop Ponty on a weds night,pissing it down,

Thanks

[djferrick]

1. Check your Internet speed: http://www.speedtest.net/

2. Check your ping: http://www.pingtest.net/

3. Check your exchange details: http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/

When checking your exchange's Virtual Path Capacity details add:

&etashow=yes&full=1

To the end of the URL and you can see the full history for your exchange.

try http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/caps.htm

for info about your provider re caps and bandwidth throttling. I'm Be There man meself

[evgent]

i can not com on Geeks.
Register on forum,but can not come on geektoy. trouble. :-(
help!

[doubleback]

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[Rondetto]

Has anyone been having connection problems? I was fine until about the 3.30 horse race on Saturday then the Toy was freezing and the win or place markets would barely open. When one of them did there were no prices.

I logged of and got back on again but nothing was working properly so I went on to Betfair lite but even that wasn't working. I have no problem with any other site

Obviously it's not the Toy at fault but the Betfair's site or it's something my end.

Am I on my own here or is anyone else having problems?

Thanks