Background: Earlier this morning we experienced a spanning tree recalculation in DC-1 (Derby) Hall-1 – specifically the VLAN supporting 83.166.160.0/24, 83.166.161.0/24, 83.166.162.0/24 networks.   Impact: Colocation customers on those affected networks, including DSL customers, may have experienced some transitory connectivity issues during spanning tree convergence which occurred between 06.55 & 07.10 on Friday 27th August.   Additional Information Initial investigations of this [...]

Update 27/08/10 07.20 - Maintenance has been completed Background: Node4 engineers plan to perform maintenance on our “MPLS Access” Layer-2 Edge Ethernet Switches at DC-2 Derby and DC-3 Wakefield Data Centres. This planned maintenance will require a software upgrade and configuration changes on the switches in order to bring them in-line with standardised software versions and configurations [...]

On May 5th 2010, ICANN will complete the upgrade of the last DNS Root server to support DNSSEC. This upgrade will attach a digital signature to every response from the root servers where the DNS resolver is configured to request a signed response. More information on DNSSEC can be found at http://www.dnssec.net/ Twelve of the thirteen [...]

We would like to advise you of the upcoming 21CN (21st Century Network) upgrade works which will be affecting customers BT IP Stream DSL connections over the coming weeks and months.   The work is required to allow DSL customers to benefit from developments in next generation technologies including higher bandwidth speeds.   Whilst we will aim to make [...]