Is it just me or is doomworld becoming slow

[Zoost]

I notice a slow response when posting or loading pages. Or is this just me?

[DooMBoy]

It might just be you. DW loads up fast enough for me.

[Ichor]

It seems fine to me.

[Remilia Scarlet]

Occasionally, it does, but not normally. Usually, it's just fine 95% of the time.

[pritch]

Fine here.

[Disorder]

Haven't paid much attention to it, so I guess it's fine here. Otherwise I would've noticed something.

[SyntherAugustus]

This happens every few months for me. Dunno why.

[Enjay]

Seems OK today, but a couple of times in the last week Doomworld timed out before I got to see the page. Other sites were OK at the same time, so it probably wasn't just my crappy connection.

[Job]

I thought this thread was talking about activity and exciting conversations on the forums.

[Fletcher`]

Your ISP sucks. Get DSL.

[Enjay]

ravage said:

Your ISP sucks. Get DSL.

You convince a 'phone company to build an exchange near enough to my house to make DSL feasable, and then convince them to make it the first DSL capable exchange in the area, and I'll sign up in a shot. :-(

[insertwackynamehere]

Sometimes I get an error page saying ""www.doomworld.com" does not exist" Then there's an MSN search box.

[BlueSonnet]

Nah. Everythings fine.

[Fletcher`]

Enjay said:

You convince a 'phone company to build an exchange near enough to my house to make DSL feasable, and then convince them to make it the first DSL capable exchange in the area, and I'll sign up in a shot. :-(

Wanna hear something funny? The house next door can get DSL, and I can't (because of your same reason).

[Sharessa]

It's terrorist RIAA hacker worms, come to destroy the internet!

[Grazza]

OK for me too. Any slowdowns seem to be due to local issues rather than dw itself.

On the other "slowness" issue, there seems to me to have been a decrease in spammy threads, but on-topic discussion seems to be at the usual level.

[Cecillia]

.... XD beware the evil CIA RIAA Infiltration Hacker Worm Crack Team Brigade.

[Enjay]

ravage said:

Wanna hear something funny? The house next door can get DSL, and I can't (because of your same reason).

Damn! I'm not sure if that's better or worse. Perhaps one day they might be able to up the tech to squeeze it along an extra few feet. For me, they'd have to squeeze it another 3 miles, and that's after upgrading the exchange. :-(

[Mancubus II]

Part of the slowdown could be coming from the increasing number of ads. And afaik regardless of browsers the ads still load, it just depends on if you're browser's going to show them (popup ads in most cases).

[Mordeth]

It's just your own netwerk connection that's acting up.

[auxois]

Jesus, Enjay. You must live in the bumfucked middle of nowhere, eh? I live in a suburban area (sparse suburban, anyway), and I still can't get DSL either - not that I care to anymore, what with Time Warner building a little cable substation a block away from my house.

[Grazza]

auxois said:

Jesus, Enjay. You must live in the bumfucked middle of nowhere,

Heh, that's a slogan the Scottish Tourist Board ought to adopt.:p