[DVB]

Hi. I originally posted this on the "Broadband problems" page, with no response, so thought I'd try it here on the specifically Virgin page.

Two problems.

1. Very often I can't connect to perfectly normal sites (BBC, Google, Yahoo etc), then 5 minutes later I can. I never had that problem on NTL dial-up, so I assume it's the fault of Virgin broadband.

2. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a day Thunderbird forgets my password when I'm trying to send emails, and I have to feed it in manually -- a pain. I checked the cause of this. It happens because a "design feature" (i.e. bug) in the otherwise excellent Thunderbird means it can't cope with it trying to connect to a server if that server is down, so that when the server is back up it still can't connect. I'm hoping that Thunderbird will fix that bug -- but the problem is caused by Virgin broadband being so unreliable.

Anyone else met anything similar?