mwp

I have 512k broadband and a pretty quick PC and i find SN a pain to use now ....

- things just take a long time to happen/paint

- pages get "stuck" a lot.

- everthing just feels really clunky, like the "server" is struggling to index it's database and then reformat (that's a guess as i don't know about BB services!)

is it just me or should i just be more patient ?

- mark.

juan

no not just you!

Dream Weaver

Strange, no problems for me, its even quicker than it was before. Loads instantly and quicker than some of the less well known forums I use.

pipex 512k

milo

no problems for me either aside from a very occasional glitch

512k broadband

Silvafox

iTrader: (1)

It seems quicker to me?!

tiggers

Speed is OK, but a search function would be nice.

I know, I know - still indexing the database .... testing .... , but how much indexing and testing does it need, I reckon NASA projects could be done in less time than this.

tiggers

Phil

Seems to me

Wasn't Simon/Shaun changing Hardware today ? to further improve the speed

rob27

It is slow! I am on a 2x2 meg pipex business connection and it drags!!

sammyh

iTrader: (1)

It is being worked on by both Simon and Shaun at the moment, for what its worth its fine for me at the moment.

ozzy

Obviously depends on a lot of links in the chain between your PC and the SN servers e.g. local network congestion, your ISP, the routers between your ISP and SN host, SN server itself, etc..

On my works 256Kb Leased Line (Demon Internet) it's taking around 10-12 seconds to go from a forum to the main SN bbs screen and around 5 seconds to go from the main screen into a forum. It's even slower going into a post - around 16-18 seconds for the page to display fully (no images or embedded links).

Stefan

ozzy

Is it possible (or even financially viable) to provide some sort of load-sharing on the BBS through multiple servers?

Stefan

OllyK

Nice and zippy 4 me at work, sub 1 second for any page, but we do have quite a fast connection being a hosting company Mind you, not much slower at home on NTL 512 either to be honest

Redkop

No problems for me either on 512k. Very rapid.

SiDHEaD

Nice n zippy when using Opera - slow on IE!


Andy

scoobynutta555

very slow, and im on broadband

mwp

it seems to have got marginally better since i took off "classic SN mode" ... i could be seeing things tho'

ozzy

Seems much better this evening (Blueyonder 1Mb). There shouldn't be such a huge difference between a 256K and 1Mb (or even 2Mb) connection since the amount of data is very little when viewing threads (unless they have loads of high-quality images).

Stefan

mwp

much quicker this morning at 7am ... still not as quick as old SN .... so is that all the extra features/data on screen that's slowing it down ? ... when the logins go up the load isn't linear ?

The_Judge

Fine at work - 2mb Zen ADSL 20:1

Absolute pants at home - 56kb dial-up (yeah, I know, mint... )