SCB Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Obviously someone, somewhere has an issue with Birmingham and are getting their site closed down at times when interest would be at it highest. Who could it be? Maybe someone they owe money too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirio Barre Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Why crash a website just before a main event, most people would have made plans to go the event days before only lardies stuck at home behind there computer would visit the site just before the event, i doubt anyone accessing the site much after 5pm was going to attend anyway. Edited October 1, 2013 by Pirio Barre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserable Old Git Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Andy Povey apparently shut the site down. Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them, with apparent meddling by the BSPAto make sure it didnt happen. Seems that Birmingham dont buy friends in high places Like our south coast rivals who made the play offs with buckets full of help from a cetain Mr Steele. No doubt he will be on hand in the Poole pits on monday as their eigth man!!!And before we get any bright remarks about affording the money to buy help and contrary to snide remarks by a few on this forum, money is not an issue at Birmingham. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Crew Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Money is not an issue? So they misled all there supporters this year and attendance was not an issue because the club is already mega rich?! Behave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them, with apparent meddling by the BSPAto make sure it didnt happen. Seems that Birmingham dont buy friends in high places Like our south coast rivals who made the play offs with buckets full of help from a cetain Mr Steele. No doubt he will be on hand in the Poole pits on monday as their eigth man!!!And before we get any bright remarks about affording the money to buy help and contrary to snide remarks by a few on this forum, money is not an issue at Birmingham. Coventry can expect a cheque for Ben Barker then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them, with apparent meddling by the BSPAto make sure it didnt happen. Seems that Birmingham dont buy friends in high places Like our south coast rivals who made the play offs with buckets full of help from a cetain Mr Steele. No doubt he will be on hand in the Poole pits on monday as their eigth man!!!And before we get any bright remarks about affording the money to buy help and contrary to snide remarks by a few on this forum, money is not an issue at Birmingham. Don't think it was the snide remarks on here that caused offence, more likely the comments by a certain Martin Smolinski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The H Man Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them Andy wasn't sacked last season, he resigned earlier this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOfBrum Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 So how long was the Poole site down for last night? Larger fan base. More dramatic route to the final. Must have generated more web traffic than the Brummies ever could. Seems as though AP can handle all that Poole traffic. Yet a few extra pensioners in Perry Barr nearly brings the server crashing down in a fiery blaze. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Andy Povey apparently shut the site down. What is your source for this information? Or is it just one of your trolls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimpson Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Sorry I cannot for the life of me believe that the Brum site was taken down due to traffic. I used to run a few very popular websites which got between 240,000 - 450,000 visitors. A day. My servers never broke sweat ( although the punters would have!) With bandwidth free today (unlimited) there is no way on gods earth the Brum site would have anywhere near enough visitors to cause an issue. Steve is quite right. Every speedway fan in the UK could log on and any reliable host or provider should handle it. BSPA were root of this and their puppet Andy Povey who was the listed administrator on last nights holding page. Similar to Coventry website in 'that' closed season when Sandhu and Trump didn't agree with everything the BSPA demanded. Too many Monopolies and too much corruption in British Speedway. Everyone knows that. Edited October 2, 2013 by Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david2905 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well if there was any foul play, you could say the Brummies could have a legal case for potential loss of revenue, at the tiem of maximum exposure, if the sites down, that could be a potential lucrative sponsor for 2014 lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Steve is quite right. Every speedway fan in the UK could log on and any reliable host or provider should handle it. BSPA were root of this and their puppet Andy Povey who was the listed administrator on last nights holding page. Similar to Coventry website in 'that' closed season when Sandhu and Trump didn't agree with everything the BSPA demanded. Too many Monopolies and too much corruption in British Speedway. Everyone knows that. Or are AP Media Services so poor? Maybe he will be the face on next weeks Watchdog ''ROGUE Traders" gallery with Matt Alright? Why do clubs have to have there websites done by the same guy? Do they have no control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejam Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them, with apparent meddling by the BSPAto make sure it didnt happen. Seems that Birmingham dont buy friends in high places Like our south coast rivals who made the play offs with buckets full of help from a cetain Mr Steele. No doubt he will be on hand in the Poole pits on monday as their eigth man!!!And before we get any bright remarks about affording the money to buy help and contrary to snide remarks by a few on this forum, money is not an issue at Birmingham. Absolutely spot on MOG!!Was done through spite!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Authorised Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 "Speedway clubs are contractually obliged to have their sites hosted on BSPA servers which are controlled by AP Media"......this is bizarre. Not only could this be challenged, if it were found a cheaper supplier could have been sourced, under EU Law if there were no benefits of a BSPA deal, but also.....now that the server is deemed unreliable, you could just walk out of the deal to a better supplier, of which there are many. Seems that anyway to get income from clubs is taken by BSPA. Could you imagine a club being "kicked out" because they want to host the servers themselves. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejam Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Ah that sounds about right. Another puppet of the BSPA who got the push from Birmingham last season for not coming up with a reliable web site for them, with apparent meddling by the BSPAto make sure it didnt happen. Seems that Birmingham dont buy friends in high places Like our south coast rivals who made the play offs with buckets full of help from a cetain Mr Steele. No doubt he will be on hand in the Poole pits on monday as their eigth man!!!And before we get any bright remarks about affording the money to buy help and contrary to snide remarks by a few on this forum, money is not an issue at Birmingham. Edited October 1, 2013 by bluejam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 "Speedway clubs are contractually obliged to have their sites hosted on BSPA servers which are controlled by AP Media"......this is bizarre. Not only could this be challenged, if it were found a cheaper supplier could have been sourced, under EU Law if there were no benefits of a BSPA deal, but also.....now that the server is deemed unreliable, you could just walk out of the deal to a better supplier, of which there are many. Seems that anyway to get income from clubs is taken by BSPA. Could you imagine a club being "kicked out" because they want to host the servers themselves. An interesting point that should perhaps be sourced elsewhere. The local MP might be able to advise on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimpson Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Why do clubs have to have there websites done by the same guy? Do they have no control? Have to be hosted by him so he has ultimate control on when they are on or off. Another example of a Cartel in speedway... Majority of clubs he looks after too so controls the content but they tend to stay online at peak times.... Birmingham decided they couldn't work with him and parted company at the start of the season. Since then their site has had a few outages. Odd that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) If I see Andy Povey anytime soon, i will be demanding a full explanation for this act. Edited October 1, 2013 by Hougaard Racing Fans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Have to be hosted by him so he has ultimate control on when they are on or off. Another example of a Cartel in speedway... Majority of clubs he looks after too so controls the content but they tend to stay online at peak times.... Birmingham decided they couldn't work with him and parted company at the start of the season. Since then their site has had a few outages. Odd that I'd host it elsewhere. Screw the BSPA/GSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 If I see Andy Povey anytime soon, i will be demanding a full explanation for this act. Go it boy with him! Your interest soon solved the Syrian chemical attack problem (see General Discussions). Now you are set to get another important matter settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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