Its happened with me also...

i think its happening because funkpool is running behind and hasn't been refreshed in awhile its got nothing to do with your internet its the server running behind causing it too slow and make you lose connection thats why tournys start like 10 mins later...We just need nick to reset or refresh server and it will be normal again.....thats what i think anyway.

i have only just seem torny are slow 8 mins past 3 for the 3 o clock speed

Typically i got disqualified just now in UK speed tourny for connection problems and my opponent had same problem so i know for a fact its the server......i cant play a proper game at the moment due to this problem which is annoying me to be honest i know it will be annoying everyone else

welll it was ok for a while but nw thats 3 in the last 5 mins

That's good, but add the "/t" option to let it continue longer... Even with an unstable connection you can very well get 4 packets through without problems.

But since so many others, from (I assume) different ISPs, have the same problem this must be something else anyway

It can still be the service provider (yours or funkypools) even if your connection works fine with other sites. In that case, it's typically one of the last hops before you reach the FP servers.

Control question... when this "disconnect" happens, can you access the funkypool web site still?

The tournaments starting a bit late isn't from the server being over-worked. I'm not sure exactly why it is either, but I can guarantee you that.

The clock on the physical server might be running 10 minutes late, or the tournaments are intentionally left a bit late to make sure most people don't miss them, but not sure. In neither case should this be responsible for this problem.

Definitely sounds like it's server side for sure, but at the same time it can't be a load problem I think. If it was, all users should suffer from it more or less equally, but that does not seem to be the case.

We might still be talking about a load issue on a network router though, close to the server end. This would explain why some people (on one or a few ISPs) have this issue while others don't.

I'll make sure Nick takes a look at this thread, plenty information here.

when i get disconnected i can't browse the forum the pages wont open , but i can access a new page of funky pool by closing all pages down , log in then the same happens again i can't browse

Thanks Janmb

Hope it gets sorted sooner rather than later

I've been logged out 4 times, causing me to lose over 16 points on UK. Also been logged out once in 9ball. ;/