I had a bit of a chat with my ISP about server latency. There were some comments about this a couple of weeks or so ago. I dismissed it then as an abberation or perception issue.

Now.... From where you are, are pages loading any faster, searches finishing any faster, etc. than they were a day or so ago (today being 12 June 2003)?

Before you 'Vote', please take a session (visit) or two here to give a valid opinion. I really want to evaluate the latency problem.

I access the forums both from work (Fast connection) and from home (Modem). Both ways are normally reasonably fast even though my modem connection sometimes drives me round the bend...

Yesterday, the latency was abysmal with several time outs. Today it seems to be back to what I consider to be normal.

/Claes

On 6-12 response was terrible for me at work (fast connection) -- some pages took a minute or sometimes much more to access. It was almost unusable at times. Apparently Energy had the same problem (see hunting & fishing thread). Today, the first few clicks gave me fast access to a few pages but then hit a slow spot again and it took about 2 minutes to go back to the main page.

I agree with Claes. Today is faster. As I said earlier, it's not just this site. Could be something going on in the Northeast. I will say that AOL times out too quick and I rarely use it. With DSL and using Mikey Soft Explorer, it's very patient and hardly ever times out. But, it still takes a little time. I was able to jump around pretty good today. It just seems to me that, with high speed connections, the response would be quicker. On a good day, my 56K modem at home (telephone line) is faster than what I'm seeing the last few days. JMHO.:smokin:

Wholeheartedly agree that yesterday was abysmal, today is fast. (I use 1.5 cable access)

When it is slow I usually attribute it to local bandwidth concerns. The more people on the lines the slower the go, at least with cable access.

Al...

Appears about the same to me (of course, it just now took a little longer for the "Reply" page to load), one day a little slower and the next day a little quicker.

Bill

Obviously you are working on upgrading (with some problems).
But my page loading times have increased lately, especially today 06/18/03.

Yes - I was getting timeouts, database errors and all sorts of stuff. I got over 600 database errors (each one generates an individual e-mail to me so my mailbox was super full...) because of timeouts and MySQL disconnecting.

Things seem better for the moment. I'm starting a switch to another server which may help.

More discussion at:

http://Elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6293

So - how are the load speeds now? Anyone notice the difference now that the forums are on a different server?

So - how are the load speeds now? Anyone notice the difference now that the forums are on a different server?

So far it seems to be quicker, I use broadband but I would like to view comments from 56k users.

Al...

Modem user responding... It does seem a bit quicker, but the main difference is that it feels smoother... The last few days before the change I noted that pages loaded in a rather jerky fashion...

/Claes

Darn! You're on a dialup?

Darn! You're on a dialup?

At home, yes. That's one price I pay for living in the outskirts. The benefits outweigh that though: A two minute walk takes me straight into a forest...

We use a fast connection at work. That's where I am at right now, and from here I note clearly improved access times.

/Claes

Seems a lot quicker to me this morning. :bigwave:

Bill

For, me, it's like lightening this morning. While we have DSL, I have never seen it this fast. Beautiful. I'm in, snoop and get right back to work.

From work (Broadband connection) a lot faster... from home (56k Modem) no difference to me but maybe this is because I'm an impatient person. I like the "Similar Threads" feature. Extremely value adding. Good work. Thanks.

At home, yes. That's one price I pay for living in the outskirts. The benefits outweigh that though: A two minute walk takes me straight into a forest...


Same here (almost)! And I'm on dialup - home as well as office! :( :(
But, I do think its a bit quicker... or is it just a state of mind? :rolleyes:

Definately Faster!
We have partial T1 line at work.
I don't normally check forums at home (dial-up) but over the weekend it seemed smooth even with Marc tweaking and updating.

I'm also testing some new options.

Of course I should be working :bonk:not testing new features (and old features I never bothered with). :ko:

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