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The site

loads fine
- 3 (60%)
has always been slow to load
- 0 (0%)
lately is loading slower
- 2 (40%)
still waiting . . .
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 5


Author Topic: This site is slow to load.  (Read 2819 times)

SpinQueen

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This site is slow to load.
« on: November 09, 2009, 03:30:23 PM »

I visit a lot of websites on a regular basis...aol, comcast, facebook, etc.  and I've noticed that this forum is slow to load compared to the other sites....what's up with that?
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ta0

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Re: This site is slow to load.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 11:34:01 PM »

Ehem, I think Facebook has a bigger budget  ::)

Seriously, I am adding a poll to see how is your access experience. This site is on a shared server with 418 other domains according to whois! (well, it is practically free, what do you expect?) Hopefully, none of them is media intensive (we know who those are . . .)  I do have a couple of other domains with their own ips on low sharing servers (actually right now one is sitting by itself like if it was on a dedicated server :). Eventually I will have to upgrade ta0.com as the site is becoming more popular and I plan to host a good portion of the tutorial videos. So I am interested in knowing if you are experiencing problems to access the site.
« Last Edit: November 10, 2009, 11:39:07 PM by ta0 »
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poptop

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Re: This site is slow to load.
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 10:34:38 AM »

Mine seems OK--I don't spend much time on other sites tho :D

When I do have problems, I usually blame it on my crappy wireless network or podunk internet connection.  Get this, I get internet via radio from an antenna mounted on the top of Fremont Peak near Hollister.  It's not too bad though...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Peak_(California)
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Erratic Wobbler

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Re: This site is slow to load.
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 03:51:30 PM »

It seems to be a little slower around here in SW Ohio.....but not oodles slower. 
It loads faster than I can load up a giant top and get it going!  It's not as fast as google or msn or places like that.
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Dick Stohr

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Re: This site is slow to load.
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 11:35:20 AM »

This morning mine is waiting forever and just before I think it will time out it comes up and works fine.  (Using Netscape Navigator)
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