Report FT SLOWNESS on this thread
Mar 9, 2001, 11:04 am
#62
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Very quick right now (1 pm EST), but it was slow earlier.
Mar 10, 2001, 9:24 am
#63
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Very slow now...frustrating.
Mar 11, 2001, 7:51 am
#64
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My experience with this site is that generally everything comes up pretty quickly. What slows it down is the selection and then display of the banner ads at the bottom of the pages.
There doesn't seem to be a problem at work where I have a very fast connection, but at home or on the road where I have to rely on a modem, things can get bogged down a bit.
This is a problem that is not isolated to FT. I have noticed it with several other groups that either have a variable banner ad system (different banners every so often in the same space) or ones that need to access banners from another location.
There doesn't seem to be a problem at work where I have a very fast connection, but at home or on the road where I have to rely on a modem, things can get bogged down a bit.
This is a problem that is not isolated to FT. I have noticed it with several other groups that either have a variable banner ad system (different banners every so often in the same space) or ones that need to access banners from another location.
Mar 14, 2001, 2:32 pm
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Very slow for me right now. Anyone else?
I'm on a cable modem and other sites are coming in fast and furious.
I'm on a cable modem and other sites are coming in fast and furious.
Mar 14, 2001, 2:33 pm
#66
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Nice and fast ... off University multiple T3 lines.
Mar 29, 2001, 11:39 pm
#67
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Flyertalk EXRELEMY SLOW
Since today, the flyertalk bulleting boards are extremely slow, to the point of unuseablility.
The main page builds up very fast, so does the main banner on top and any static elements. But theList of boards, or the list of topics inside a board takes so long, that usually my proxy times out the connection and I only get about 30-50% of the page drawn.
As an example, the main board list stops somewhere between G and K most of the time.
It seems to me that the UBB engine is too busy doing other things, while your HTTPD server seems to have sufficient resources to serve static content.
Please FIX this as ou makes flyertalk unusable!
The main page builds up very fast, so does the main banner on top and any static elements. But theList of boards, or the list of topics inside a board takes so long, that usually my proxy times out the connection and I only get about 30-50% of the page drawn.
As an example, the main board list stops somewhere between G and K most of the time.
It seems to me that the UBB engine is too busy doing other things, while your HTTPD server seems to have sufficient resources to serve static content.
Please FIX this as ou makes flyertalk unusable!
Mar 30, 2001, 9:03 am
#68
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The slow speed you're experiencing might be a problem in the link between wherever you are and the FlyerTalk server.
Resonse time from SFO was great yesterday and today.
Resonse time from SFO was great yesterday and today.
Mar 30, 2001, 9:14 am
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matjes, sorry about the lag... yes, we've been wrestling with this for a while, and appreciate our audience sticking with us through the slow times.
We're working on another bulletin board solution that appears to have better optimization techniques which will hopefully alleviate this slowness...
We're working on another bulletin board solution that appears to have better optimization techniques which will hopefully alleviate this slowness...
Mar 30, 2001, 10:59 am
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Originally posted by dan at WebFlyer:
We're working on another bulletin board solution that appears to have better optimization techniques which will hopefully alleviate this slowness...
We're working on another bulletin board solution that appears to have better optimization techniques which will hopefully alleviate this slowness...
May 10, 2001, 8:58 am
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home.webflyer.com very slow or completely down
Hi webflyer people,
The home.webflyer.com server (I know it's actually hosted by urbanite and not by you folks) has been very slow if not completely down during the last couple of days. Could you guys investigate please? (i.e. complain that something bearing your name works so poorly?
)
Thanks,
FewMiles..
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The home.webflyer.com server (I know it's actually hosted by urbanite and not by you folks) has been very slow if not completely down during the last couple of days. Could you guys investigate please? (i.e. complain that something bearing your name works so poorly?
)Thanks,
FewMiles..
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May 10, 2001, 9:33 am
#72
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Yes, it was a bit slow, particularly yesterday, for me!
May 10, 2001, 9:50 am
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Actually folks, it looks like those pages will be going away soon.
Urbanite, the company that provides the service, has decided to radically change their business model, in light of the changing internet economy. This change has made it impossible for WebFlyer to keep offering this service, even if we were to start charging for it (and we don't want to do that).
I was actually establishing a list of our homepage members in order to blast out a notice of this today when I came across this post. I'll still send that notice out today or early tomorrow, but consider this an advance warning.
Free services seem to be dropping like flies, and I apologize for this sudden notice, but we were informed late in the game.
We have been informed that our homepages will be turned off May 19th. The fact that their servers seem to be suddenly crawling makes me a little nervous that things are already going on behind the scenes.
I would advise looking for a new free home or at least archiving your pages on your computers in case the performance continues to degrade or outright fail.
Urbanite, the company that provides the service, has decided to radically change their business model, in light of the changing internet economy. This change has made it impossible for WebFlyer to keep offering this service, even if we were to start charging for it (and we don't want to do that).
I was actually establishing a list of our homepage members in order to blast out a notice of this today when I came across this post. I'll still send that notice out today or early tomorrow, but consider this an advance warning.
Free services seem to be dropping like flies, and I apologize for this sudden notice, but we were informed late in the game.
We have been informed that our homepages will be turned off May 19th. The fact that their servers seem to be suddenly crawling makes me a little nervous that things are already going on behind the scenes.
I would advise looking for a new free home or at least archiving your pages on your computers in case the performance continues to degrade or outright fail.
May 10, 2001, 10:50 am
#74
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Dan, thanks for the quick reply and the warning. I will start searching for a new "home" for my website ASAP.
FewMiles..
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FewMiles..
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May 11, 2001, 2:16 pm
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Well, I managed to move all my website stuff to tripod.
Dan, thanks again for the heads up. On behalf of all the homepage users, please give Urbanite big heck for all this!
FewMiles..
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Dan, thanks again for the heads up. On behalf of all the homepage users, please give Urbanite big heck for all this!
FewMiles..
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