Is anyone else finding the forum slow at the moment?

[Sue]

I can't pinpoint when it started, but the last couple of days it seems to be very slow to load and to change threads.

As I recently changed broadband providers I can't be sure it's not something to do with that, but other websites seem to be mostly OK.

I've tried in two different browsers, Firefox and Opera, and it seems very slow in both.

Is it just me? (If so, I advise you not to move to Plusnet :)) )

[karter]

all fine over here.

You could always test your broadband connection speed though.

[Sue]

Did do, it was a bit slower than it should be, will try again, running a "second opinion" malware scan at the mo :-S

[Huguenot]

I've found it slow too Sue. I'm a tech dweeb, so I know that the problem's not with my own connection.

[Keef]

Me too.

[Ladymuck]

Et moi aussi. Excuse me if this sounds ridiculous (but I really don't know much about technology), BUT, could the bad weather have anything to do with this - you know, cold cables or whatever? Our TV has gone nuts too.:-S

[Sue]

Investigating more closely, the forum is deffo slower than other sites I'm on.

Taking forever to load pages. Glad it's not just me.

Admin, could this be anything to do with whatever happened when the forum was down the other day?

As James Barber has pointed out on another thread, broadband speeds could be generally slower because of the numbers of people working from home and off school at the moment, but the forum is not just a bit slower loading, it's really really really slow :-S

[HAL9000]

Electrical resistance in metallic conductors tends to decrease with temperature - if it gets a lot colder they may start superconducting (but don't hold your breath).

However, very cold, dry air tends to sustain greater potentials of static electricity that could compromise the dielectric coefficient of insulators.

On balance ? it?s probably a case of swings and roundabouts. I haven't noticed any slow down, by the way.

[Sue]

Three have to one haven't so far.

Seems a bit better at the moment.

[Administrator]

None of the team here are finding it slower but as some of you are we will continue to monitor it. It maybe linked to the updates performed the other day so we will be keeping a beady eye on the server.

[Sue]

Thanks admin. Seems better this afternoon than it was this morning or yesterday.

ETA: I spoke too soon, that post took ages to submit.

[karter]

still ok over here.

[Ladymuck]

Getting worse over here...now not connecting at times...getting a page which says something like "connection to EDF server has timed out..."...Gawd, I'm not having a good day with the PC today...my googlemail is fine though...

Any ideas?

[Ladymuck]

Arrrrrggggghhh, the frustration of it...here is a "cut and paste of the precise message I am getting":

The connection has timed out

The server at www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few

moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network

connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure

that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

[PeckhamRose]

Not just that bt when I open private messages, the page is blank and I can not read anything there.

[Sue]

I haven't had that prob PR (just got a PM OK), but still the forum is extremely slow when I'm trying to post, or to open anything :-S

[DJKillaQueen]

I'm not having any problems now but did have odd instances of slow page loading last week. I'm on a brand new top of the range laptop for processing speeds so I am inclined to think that it may be a server issue possibly. Hard to know for sure.

[Chener Books]

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[MrBen]

If it helps, I'm also finding page reloads much slower this week than before (by about 7-9 secs). I thought it might have been traffic increase given the forum is doing a great job of advising on the local travel than the tfl website. But its also happening on off peak hours (1am for example). Still ok though just a tad slower....

[DJKillaQueen]

I've had a couple of slow moments this morning....it's as though the page 'hangs' but then if you click the refresh button it usually loads right away (or does for me).......

[Minitoots]

I always find the ED forum really slow to load - by far the slowest site that I go on regularly...

[Sue]

It has been very slow today, but not nearly as slow as it has sometimes been in the past.

I agree - it's one of the slowest sites I regularly use, too.

[aquarius moon]

And tonight it seems to be worse than ever!

[Administrator]

In the last week there have been 645,000 page views to 25,000 visitors which is lot for the server to cope with. We can't afford to upgrade the server so it is going to be a bit slow for some of you, but I will do an upgrade again on the server later to see if that makes a difference.

For the techies:

Webmin tells me Package updates: 120 package updates are available

Webmin version 1.550 is now available, but you are running version 1.520.

If anyone is a server wizard and wants to offer their assistance in speeding it them please contact me.

[Moos]

Admin, many thanks.

Maybe we should all think about a little donation, especially those of us that use the forum regularly. I have to admit, I think I should pay up a bit more than I have to date.

Anyone that agrees - see the 'Donate' link at the bottom of the page.