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Muhammad · Apr 10, 2000

Re: Red Flags

Well, we could vote for 'red flags' or the way it is. I like both (obviously).

>>Muhammad
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Bird · Apr 10, 2000

Well, I got it working again, very, very slowly with frequent long pauses, sometimes a full minute or longer.

Bird

Muhammad · Apr 10, 2000

Well, we'll look into this some more.

>>Muhammad
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Alan L. · Apr 10, 2000

To give you some idea of the speed problem, on this site I can't tell any difference between my 28.8 connection at home and this T1 line at my office. Here on our T1 line I waited 45 seconds after clicking on the "discussions" link, and finally had to hit stop. All phases do run very slow.

I'm not paying anything for enjoying your site, so I can't complain; however, the old site was much faster.

Muhammad · Apr 10, 2000

Well, for one, if you're having a speed problem, please record the time you're having the problem, and your connection at the time of the problem, so we can further correct this problem.

>>Muhammad
Forum Master

Bird · Apr 10, 2000

The last screen I pulled up took something between 90 and 150 seconds. I had to leave the room for a minute.

Bird

Anonymous Poster · Apr 10, 2000

Just so you know I do not have any problem. I use a modem connection with microsoft network internet access. Everything works fine. these message pages take a few seconds to load up not bad.

BobT · Apr 10, 2000

Hi Bird,

Sometimes the speed of access is affected by factors other than the particular site you are visiting. Larger loads come on after 3 pm (school's out!) and also very large e-mail loads start around 4:30 pm and go till an hour or so later, as business people get end of day messages out.

At home, I really can't use my dialup ISP at all. It is very much like your experience, taking 1-2 minutes to change each page. This is the problem of a crummy ISP, and the only one I have available, since I live way out in the country.

You can go to the website listed below, and it will measure your exact line speed and access speed. It also shows it on a scale in comparison to other types of access. You should go there and measure your "general" access speed, not specifically on this forum.

I am not having any problems with TBN at work (cable modem), but can't hardly access it from home (dial up) at all.

Here's the bandwidth test website:

http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest500.asp

BobT.

A Indiana Boy

Bird · Apr 10, 2000

I dropped off the Internet, shut down and restarted my computer, logged back onto the Internet, and at 2:47 p.m. (CDT), I tried to log onto this forum. After 3 full minutes, I entered the URL again, and after another 2 full minutes, I entered the URL the 3rd time, and the main index popped up after another 15 seconds. I clicked on the Feedback section, and after 2 full minutes, I entered the URL again, and the messages appeared 60 seconds later. I then clicked on the "Show All" and after 2 full minutes, I clicked on "Stop", then entered the URL again, and after 55 seconds, I entered the URL again, and the messages popped up in another 40 seconds. I'm running Windows 98, Second Edition (ver. 4.10.2222A) and Internet Explorer (ver. 5.00.2919.6307), with the screen resolution set to 800x600.

Bird

Bird · Apr 10, 2000

At the time I sent the last message, I showed to be connected at 26400 bps, which is the norm for my ISP and location. The speed test you suggested showed 17.2 kbps and 2.1 K bytes/sec. And I know my ISP and phone company aren't the best in the country by a long shot, but other sites are working normally.

Bird