The whole world is having large telecomunications problems at the moment, due not in the least to the fact a large part of it is fully submerged with water... Cumbria UK included.
Submerged junction boxes and cable connections do not make for reliable telephones...
The PF server is fine, we just cant always conect to it from this end it seems. Occasionally the Server cant communicate with the MYSQL system during teh same quiery, again due to line issues at our end... BT assure me that one day soon we will have great lines