# Best Time to Access SDMB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894>\
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**Created:** [November 1, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894 "2003-11-01T21:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/1 "2003-11-01T21:38:12Z")

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It’s Saturday afternoon at 4:45 PM EST  
I’ve never seen SDMB servers respond so fast. Next best time here for me has been 6:00 AM.

Are there any other good times, say early Sunday AM when many folks sleep in?  
🙂

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/2 "2003-11-02T00:35:59Z")

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Since this is about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/3 "2003-11-02T02:48:17Z")

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Bad times are weeknights around 8-10eastern. Suhloooooooow.

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**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/4 "2003-11-04T01:15:58Z")

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During the summer, several nights a week I’d stay on the boards from midnight until they close for maintenance at 4:30 am. From roughly 2:30 am til close, regardless of the day of the week, the boards (even doing searches) were incredibly fast… It was great…but now I’m in school again and have to read them at more orthodox hours. I’ve also found that right after the boards come back–in the early am, like you mentioned–is usually a good time, too.

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/5 "2003-11-04T01:45:28Z")

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The best time is now! And… _now_! … and **now**!

And _ **NOW!** _!

But not now.

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**Author:** ![Tommyturtle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Tommyturtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommyturtle)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-to-access-sdmb/210894/6 "2003-11-04T04:30:59Z")

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Worst time is around 4am Central time

Everything here times out for about an hour…maybe they are doing work on the site then?