Tearjerker, Downtown Symphony, Piano Flow, Happy Harmonies and other Saturday padding

[french frank]

It strikes me as a considerable achievement to construct an hour of “soothing “:music which seems to get people who like music wound up.

(that comment makes me feel better and I haven't even braved it yet)

[kernelbogey]

No such problems here.

Yes, slow: with Firefox...

[Bryn]

Yes, slow: with Firefox...

I, too, am using Firefox, but with fast responses on this and other sites.

[Ein Heldenleben]

No problems here on iPad/safari . In a completed unrelated phenomenon I’ve rarely had such good signal strength on R3 Fm as I’ve got this morning.

[kernelbogey]

It strikes me as a considerable achievement to construct an hour of “soothing “:music which seems to get people who like music wound up.

[cloughie]

complete misunderstanding of the intended audience - like muzak in lifts, shop etc + whilst you wait for a phone to be answered, it is purely distraction material - not intended to be listened to as such but merely to waste enough part of the brain's processing capacity that you don't think how bl*dy stupid is the current occupation - quite why the BBC is into this I suspect is a matter for the accountants - dirt cheap time wasting

ETA why is the site so slow this morning ?

...and to p*** off the older and more discerning listeners.

[Cockney Sparrow]

No speed problems here.

I waited 30 minutes on a government helpline the other day, and gave up after 30 minutes*. Its having to keep some attention on the dreadful music and repetitive messages that make it a total waste of time and so annoying. I should record my own message and play it on a loop into the phone, having put it on speakerphone - "This phone call is really important to me. If I have waited more than 5 minutes, I may be in a trance state so please SPEAK LOUDLY and say "THIS IS NOT A RECORDING - HOW CAN I HELP YOU" and I hope I will realise the call has been answered"

* To be fair, I called bang on 9am next day and got through in a minute or two.....

[french frank]

Yes, slow: with Firefox...

Yes, I'm finding it sluggish - have done for a day or two. I'll try Safari.

[Bryn]

Yes, I'm finding it sluggish - have done for a day or two. I'll try Safari.

More likely your ISP, I would have thought, given that others here are finding no such problems via Firefox.

[french frank]

More likely your ISP, I would have thought, given that others here are finding no such problems via Firefox.

And frances_iom and kernelbogey? Are we all with btinternet?

[kernelbogey]

And frances_iom and kernelbogey? Are we all with btinternet?

Yes, I'm with BT. I've had a couple of outages with them, too, since the beginning of the year, of a few hours each - after a long period without any.

[Bryn]

Yes, I'm with BT. I've had a couple of outages with them, too, since the beginning of the year, of a few hours each - after a long period without any.

Other ISPs with a poor record of outages are available, Virgin Media, for instance.

[french frank]

Yes, I'm with BT. I've had a couple of outages with them, too, since the beginning of the year, of a few hours each - after a long period without any.

Everything's up and running on the Futurequest servers, so it's not the forum software <sighofrelief>

[Frances_iom]

yes currently + for foreseeable future stuck in UK and also with BT - seems somewhat better now but very slow abt 9am

[french frank]

yes currently + for foreseeable future stuck in UK and also with BT - seems somewhat better now but very slow abt 9am

Same here - seems to have cleared.