For me it has been running well most of the time lately. Every now and again the loading seems to slow down for periods of time, but I attribute that to traffic. Whatever, iz whut it iz.
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For me it has been running well most of the time lately. Every now and again the loading seems to slow down for periods of time, but I attribute that to traffic. Whatever, iz whut it iz.
Over the last few months the time it has taken to load the site has become nigh on unacceptable to me. I have a fibre high speed conection, but the site sometimes loads so slowly I might as well have an old-fashioned dial-up connection.
I know Gugi has said that it is nothing to do with the ads, but I often notice the loading sign going round and round until a new set of sponsors ads have loaded, whereupon it goes directly to the page, forcing me to the conclusion that the ads are to blame in some instances.
Other times, like today, after waiting for a prolonged period I get this:
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It is not just my operating system - I have windows, mac and android and all are subject to the delays. Like Jimmy has noted, sometimes it is OK, other times it is not.
I can envisage the huge problems involved in transferring hosting, but I thought I would register my thoughts anyway - what the hell!
Regards,
Neil
I have noticed the same problem as Neil did. There are times it is very slow to load or I get the "connection has timed out" page displayed. My internet connection runs consistently between 23-25 mbps. Strange.
Bob
Same here, most of the time its fine but every now and again (getting more frequent) it just hangs before timing out.
I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but I had some of these issues before. I have taken to logging out as I get off.
I saved password and username, so just a click or two and I am back on. No issues whatsoever since doing this. Over a year now!
I thought it may be that it was trying to connect and find me at the same time?
I have no idea? :shrug:
Said it before. Smooth sailing. Never a hiccup except when there's a forum update. My download speed averages between 80 - 100 Mbps.
Well, no matter how fast or parallel ads load, they create more rendering work for the browser so they do slow down things, but given the much more significant network problems at the hosting provider, it makes no sense to look at the ads. Most importantly as they are trying to fix it it's a rapidly changing environment that I have no control or even knowledge of the changes that may or may not be happening, so any comparison tests I can run are meaningless.
The one thing that is least affected by these problems should be the ads because they are only initiated at the srp server but then the rest comes from google.
That's probably from the reconfiguration of the network after the new networking equipment which they were doing last night. Being a US company with presumably mostly US customers and US traffic they schedule such tasks for night time which is already morning in the UK.
I use the site with all the bells and whistles, so I can know if something doesn't work well. I certainly wouldn't see things that are geographically limited, but I also monitor the various statistics. I know that the site is slower than in say January, I have multiple suspects to pursue, but before I can do it I have to wait until the networking is fixed (it may be as of this morning, but I'd be more confident if this holds for at least few days).
Anyways, I want to know of any problems that you experience, and I try to fix them, but in reality the causes may or may not be what you think.
I have never seen anything like that at all, I'm on here frequently enough I assume to be able to encounter peak usage times but then again the window when I am asleep could be the "peakest" time and therefore I always miss it.
I've had issues just in the last two days with logging on, however I find it does seem to resolve itself if I can just fight the DT's for a few hours before trying again.
Mick
Sometimes cleaning the cache on your computer will help. Maybe worth a try.
How to Clean a Computer Cache | eHow
Yesterday SRP was down completely for me, but today it works like a charm.
Same here. I wasn't able to access the website until Tuesday evening.
Down for me also most of yesterday.
Strange, up here in the Great White North it was fine all day Tuesday. When it has been slow for me up here most of you guys down there have no trouble. Just weird.
Bob
Up for me all day/night yesterday in the USA eastern time zone. No problems with 'slow' in quite some time. (knocking on spalted maple)
Lots of folks had issues yesterday:
Internet hiccups today? You're not alone. Here's why | ZDNet
Paul
Yes, yesterday was due to an internet problem due to some of the big players not upgrading their equipment to keep with the growth. We had about 15% drop in traffic mostly early in the day because of this (orange is the previous day):
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Since it affects the connectivity between large swats of the internet there is enormous pressure on the parties at fault to get their act together and fix it quickly, so it shouldn't last for too long - but the transition to better equipment may be a little bumpier as it happens in an emergency mode, compared to if they had done the upgrades in the previous months with more planning.
Gentlemen,
So that was the problem yesterday. I did everything to log in short of doing cartwheels — for my tender age? — and could not until late in the afternoon. I called a friend here in town to pick his technical brain, but 10 seconds into his explanation and I started getting a headache with all the computereeze. I am glad we're on track today; two days of wrestling with these computing machine thingies will sending me to the big shave den in the sky.
Right you are, my dear friend. When the novel is published, hopefully in September or October, I know it will dazzle Hollywood, the mucky mucks bidding millions for the movie rights. Naturally, I will be chosen for the lead male role — I mean with these striking looks! — and I'll make sure we have several straight razor shaving scenes. Not only that, I'll hire 37 IT folks the take care of my computing machine thingie needs. Give me my fountain pen anytime.