# Is anyone else having trouble loading pages?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 30, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579 "2003-08-30T05:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579/1 "2003-08-30T05:26:06Z")

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I’m not having trouble with any other sites, just the SDMB. Sometimes, too often to shrug off, and without any discernable pattern, I will try to load a page, or backpage, and it just won’t happen. Period. It’ll stay half-loaded until hell freezes over, or maybe I’ll get an error message. Is this happening to anyone else, or just me?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579/2 "2003-08-30T05:43:51Z")

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no offence but, With 7396 posts and a membership lasting over 4 years you’d think you’d know about this.  
The boards are slow and often unresponsive due to a high level of demand.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579/3 "2003-08-30T06:16:19Z")

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You’re not alone in this, **Rilchaim**. As **Lobsang** put it, it’s fairly well part of the pattern around here.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-loading-pages/198579/4 "2003-08-30T06:44:52Z")

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I’ve been wondering if it isn’t time to do something to speed up the boards. More capacity means more funds spent and that leads to the old subject of when will they start charging us to belong to SDMB?

[ul]😉 [sup] **Sorry but I haven’t seen that subject come up in quite some time.** [/sup][/ul]

I really am posting because it will be three in a row with very similar post counts. 😃