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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 June 2024, 19:18:49
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Pretty much since the election was called I've had trouble watching GB News on my laptop via the website. :-\
It continually freezes with the circle of death and sometimes the site won't even load. All other news sites work fine. ::)
I've cleared all the cookies a couple of times and did a system restore, but no difference. :-\
Anyone else had this? ???
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Just had a look on my iPad, it's fine for me.
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Could be a million and one things - start by trying another device, but could be issues outside of your control...
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It's weird. It seems to be an issue with the website as it happens on all my devices, apart from my phone where I watch via the app. :-\
I can watch and stream stuff from other news sites and Youtube without any problems.
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Dark forces at play...
Then again, you are a known Trump sympathizer* >:D
*Spelt deliberately as the object is American. :P
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Dark forces at play...
Then again, you are a known Trump sympathizer* >:D
*Spelt deliberately as the object is American. :P
Well... With my tinfoil helmet on I did wonder if there was some ort of interference so we're forced to absorb the usual leftist mush during the run up to the election. :)
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Dark forces at play...
Then again, you are a known Trump sympathizer* >:D
*Spelt deliberately as the object is American. :P
Well... With my tinfoil helmet on I did wonder if there was some ort of interference so we're forced to absorb the usual leftist mush during the run up to the election. :)
Lefties cancelling people they disagree with? No, that never happens. :-X
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It's weird. It seems to be an issue with the website as it happens on all my devices, apart from my phone where I watch via the app. :-\
I can watch and stream stuff from other news sites and Youtube without any problems.
What ISP? Also, do you know who provides the GB News stream?
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It's weird. It seems to be an issue with the website as it happens on all my devices, apart from my phone where I watch via the app. :-\
I can watch and stream stuff from other news sites and Youtube without any problems.
What ISP? Also, do you know who provides the GB News stream?
Vodafone. I'm just out of contract, so another tin foil helmet thought is that they see what I download and are throttling it to encourage me to do something. Anything. ::)
No don't know who provides the GB News stream. :-\
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Voda fixed line (ie, not mobile)? And is it Openreach provided?
Some ISPs have peering arrangements that work better with some services than others, and that depends where the content is fed from.
Voda (fixed line) aren't one of those ISPs forced by law to restrict certain sites, so doubt it's intentional. Nor do I think they would degrade your connection - quite the opposite!
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Martin Daubney currently discussing a 'super majority' for the Labour party of 382 seats.......roughly twice that of Blair in 1997. :o :o :o :o
The Tory party is completely f*ucked. I doubt even God himself can save them now. ::)
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Personally I doubt the majority is going to be that big. The Tories really are finished though.
Gone from that big majority at the last election to having no chance of wining this one. Being too scared to be conservatives is costing them dearly.
Trying to be everything to everyone, leaves you as nothing to anyone.
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Voda fixed line (ie, not mobile)? And is it Openreach provided?
Some ISPs have peering arrangements that work better with some services than others, and that depends where the content is fed from.
Voda (fixed line) aren't one of those ISPs forced by law to restrict certain sites, so doubt it's intentional. Nor do I think they would degrade your connection - quite the opposite!
Yes Voda fixed line and yes Openreach. :y
I'll either renew my contract or switch and see if that makes a difference. Of course if I switch, it will be a couple of weeks until the new provider kicks in. ::)
No landline either.... :-\ Not that I need one TBH. :)
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Voda fixed line (ie, not mobile)? And is it Openreach provided?
Some ISPs have peering arrangements that work better with some services than others, and that depends where the content is fed from.
Voda (fixed line) aren't one of those ISPs forced by law to restrict certain sites, so doubt it's intentional. Nor do I think they would degrade your connection - quite the opposite!
Yes Voda fixed line and yes Openreach. :y
I'll either renew my contract or switch and see if that makes a difference. Of course if I switch, it will be a couple of weeks until the new provider kicks in. ::)
No landline either.... :-\ Not that I need one TBH. :)
Sorted yet, Tig?
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Voda fixed line (ie, not mobile)? And is it Openreach provided?
Some ISPs have peering arrangements that work better with some services than others, and that depends where the content is fed from.
Voda (fixed line) aren't one of those ISPs forced by law to restrict certain sites, so doubt it's intentional. Nor do I think they would degrade your connection - quite the opposite!
Yes Voda fixed line and yes Openreach. :y
I'll either renew my contract or switch and see if that makes a difference. Of course if I switch, it will be a couple of weeks until the new provider kicks in. ::)
No landline either.... :-\ Not that I need one TBH. :)
Sorted yet, Tig?
Well sort of...
It plays OK if I leave it on the little screen on the website and turn the sound on, as long as I leave the GB News tab open.
It will freeze again if I open a different tab, leaving GB News going in the background, but I can unfreeze it by going back to the GB News tab and swiping the cursor over the little screen.
That suggests to me that it's something with my laptop, but strange that it only happens with GB News. :-\
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Many browsers implement power saving on tabs that aren't in the foreground - you could be falling foul of that.
(the power saving will be to limit cpu/network activity for that tab, which will likely cause stuttering or video pausing)
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Thanks TB, I'll check my settings. :y
Strange how it only happens on GB News tho.... :-\
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Strange how it only happens on GB News tho.... :-\
Could be the encoding used, or more likely the amount of tracking and/or ads causing the CPU to use more power
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Thanks TB, I'll check my settings. :y
Strange how it only happens on GB News tho.... :-\
Lefty cancel culture in action. ::)
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Thanks TB, I'll check my settings. :y
Strange how it only happens on GB News tho.... :-\
Lefty cancel culture in action. ::)
Well...... Putting my tinfoil helmet on, it started happening as the election campaign got under way. :-X
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It could simply be that they're having to sell every last spare byte to advertisers to stay afloat.
That's not to dispell any tinfoil moments, but the methodology might be more subversive than we can give it credit for.
GB news might actually be a mechanism to misdirect the centre left as much as the right.
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It could simply be that they're having to sell every last spare byte to advertisers to stay afloat.
That's not to dispell any tinfoil moments, but the methodology might be more subversive than we can give it credit for.
GB news might actually be a mechanism to misdirect the centre left as much as the right.
They really do have some crap adverts.
I think the loons at 'hope not hate' have it in for them.
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It could simply be that they're having to sell every last spare byte to advertisers to stay afloat.
That's not to dispell any tinfoil moments, but the methodology might be more subversive than we can give it credit for.
GB news might actually be a mechanism to misdirect the centre left as much as the right.
They really do have some crap adverts.
I think the loons at 'hope not hate' have it in for them.
It says something when a stall in Swansea Market advertises. But then, it's still better than funeral plans and incontinence pads ! ::)
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