Bic Basher

It's a simple change at Surrey Quays for Highbury & Islington, with the train behind being a through service.

There's still a through service to PR and DH on Sunday's to Highbury and Islington.

Another reason why Thameslink shouldn't have been handed Denmark Hill instead of London Overground.

Where I live, a Virgin Media engineers van has been attending the same flat at least once a week. I suspect they're having the same problems everyone else has had and they're sending out engineers for nothing.

Even if the company behind Southern and Southeastern operate the London Overground concession, it's TfL who stipulate the services operated and is accountable to the Mayor of London. This is the same model that is used on the DLR and buses. The current operator LOROL has done an excellent job in providing the Overground service so far and the new company will also have to provide the same level of service according to TfL guidelines.

eastdulwichhenry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is bad news. Point to point season tickets > will no longer be available, meaning a commute > from ED to London Bridge will cost ?140 per month > instead of ?68. They've kept season tickets from stations they took over out of Liverpool Street. It's very likely they'll keep that model for Southern and Southeastern. Southeastern services will move to TfL in 2018 (Victoria to Dartford via Peckham Rye, Victoria to Orpington via West Dulwich). This should mean improvements to late evening and Sunday services and fully staffed stations at Nunhead, West Dulwich and Sydenham Hill until the last train. Southern moves across in 2021. However it appears Thameslink trains on the Wimbledon Loop and to Sevenoaks will stay with them, along with Denmark Hill station.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you test speed on a wireless connection and the > speed is good, then fine. But if you test it on a > wireless connection and the speed is bad, then > retest it with a wired connection, otherwise you > can't be sure if the problem is your broadband or > your wireless. I'd also turn off all devices that use wi-fi before doing the speedtest too.

tiddles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > sorry to be dim, but how does one test speed? Go to http://www.speedtest.net

Tractorlad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Useless. Amazon Prime video still buffering. Great > speeds earlier in the day but now not worth > having. Hello BT Ridiculous how I can stream Amazon Prime Video using a crappy cheap as chips TalkTalk ADSL connection with no break in connection during the evening, yet Virgin customers who pay for a 'premium' service can't do that.

I get the feeling that capacity will soon be utilised and once again Virgin will suffer from overcapacity problems.

Laur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you Bic Basher - can I ask whether any of it > is dated pre Christmas ? - I think the attacker > must have taken some of my xmas post between 18th > Dec - 7th January. I picked up my post from Silvester Road during that period, so today's post was sent after Jan 13th.

Can confirm I've had a postal delivery today.

Oyster prices Forest Hill or HOP ?5.80/?9.20 single East Dulwich or Peckham Rye ?6.50/?9.70. East Croydon ?3.00/?5.20 It can be cheaper to touch out and in again at East Croydon or change at West Croydon for the Overground.

It all should be back to normal on Monday according to the chap down Silvester Road.

edweller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am over 50 and totally incapable of > understanding information technology. My wife is > not much better, believing that our many Virgin > Media internet speed drop-offs are caused by too > many people in our house trying to access the > internet at the same time, usually kicking-off a > shouting match with one or both teenage sons. Is > this really an issue, or as discussed on this > thread is it just a lack of local infrastructure > and/or over-selling by Virgin Media to blame? > Whatever the answer I'm not telling the boys. Any > excuse to get their heads out of a screen and > actually talking to us is fine by me. Everyone on the net in the household certainly doesn't help if your VM speed is already slow. Personally I'd cable everything that is possible to do so, such as the PC, Laptop and Smart TV using Ethernet cable. You get the full speed given by Virgin, where as you lose some of the speed via wi-fi. The further away from the router, the slower it is.

Virgin's network in ED (and other parts of London) are over subscribed. So you end up in the peaks, even with Virgin's traffic management system in place during peak times during the evening with a very slow service. They really shouldn't be selling the service here or offering it at a vast discount. TalkTalk have had their fair share of problems in the last few months, but at least I get a solid connection and can stream YouTube/Now TV/Netflix even during the busiest of times.

From what I've been told which is unconfirmed, the postman had a knife held to him on Lordship Lane Estate's Bew Court, he then lost his balance and cracked his head open from the fall.

mikeb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think it's almost fair to say that without > Dulwich Hamlet FC, there wouldn't be a Sainsbury's > on Dog Kennel Hill. I thought it was the other way round? Sainsbury's bought the site from Hamlet and built the current stadium.

Laur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I haven't had any post since Christmas - I'm near > Overhill Road. Is anyone else having the same > problem? The Royal Mail have axed some postal deliveries in and around the Lordship Lane Estate since Christmas week after a postman was assaulted. Residents can collect post from the delivery office in Silvester Road Mon, Tues, Thurs-Sat 10am-1pm and Weds 10am-8pm.

Always wondered if the Peculiar would expand to Dulwich, either as a extension of the current paper or as a stand-alone title. Good to see that you're attempting to go for the latter. The niche editorial format of the current paper should go down well here, leaving the SLP and Southwark News to do what they do best.

rabbitears Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Come on - it's literally opposite the Barclays, it > neighbours the Co-Op and it's a few steps down > from the recently upgraded post office, all of > which have free ATMs. On Saturday afternoon, the PO ATM already ran out of money and one of the Barclays ATM's. It's also common for the Co-op ATM to run out of money. Losing three HSBC ATM's will put pressure on those remaining ATM's which will see longer queues, especially at Barclays. Further up the road, Lloyds ATM also runs out quickly at the weekend, despite a neighbouring ATM at Sainsbury's Local.

Borderlands Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spare a thought for people who want more than an > ATM. Oh - and what will happen to their ATM?? > Surely that's useful. They'll also be removed, leaving that end of LL with three less ATM's than currently.

If all fails, there's always the TV.

New Girl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm quite annoyed by this. The south east is under > represented in the London transport network and > we're facing another set back to our journeys to > central London. The 176 is my lifeline to going > out in London and meetings as we have no tube. > Take into account the massacre that is Elephant > and Castle roundabout, and we all may as well > leave south east London. > > Edit: bad spelling The re-routing isn't a major change, instead of terminating in New Oxford Street, it'll go to Great Russell Street instead. The main issue with the 176 is that since the changes to the Elephant & Castle roundabout, journeys from ED to central London are taking much longer. (This isn't an issue during the festive period, but will return on Jan 4th when everyone goes back to work).

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I get the number 12 when theres a tube > strike, but I live near the Horniman and the 12 > stops at Dulwich library. > Its a bit of a walk after a day at work unless I > change buses. You can take a short cut via the council houses between Friern Road and Etherow Street to the first 12 bus stop on Barry Road.