# Is the MB slow this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mb-slow-this-year/648558 "2013-01-27T20:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mb-slow-this-year/648558/21 "2013-04-26T09:24:04Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Traffic is way way way up. Not sure why but it’s not something site owners usually feel bad about. > > We have been here before, just took us a while to get here again. Guess there is never a thing as too much pipe. > > I will pass this on upstairs. No promise of anything but I will bring it to their attention. I have found that alcohol (denatured of course) 😉 … and \*time \*takes care of most slowdowns in the pipe… of course how you Chillax is up to you. Also you Internet provider may be suspect. :dubious: ymmv ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mb-slow-this-year/648558/22 "2013-04-26T13:41:40Z")
Just as a followup, as I see this thread popped back up again, I was having trouble periodically this week authenticating again. It would take my user name and password, come up with the intermediate page saying click the link if you don’t return where you started, then dump me back at the log in screen again. This happened, oh, maybe 5 or 6 times this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mb-slow-this-year/648558.md?page=1)