# It's noon and pages are loading quickly. Is this just a tease? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 24, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166 "2001-04-24T17:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/1 "2001-04-24T17:22:10Z")
Did something get fixed or is this just a fluke? Cuz I usually get timed out if I even think about viewing this site on the lunch hour. Or did I just jinx the whole works? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/2 "2001-04-24T17:33:32Z")
No kidding – it’s flying, and late last night I gave up after 10 minutes of waiting for a page to load. Are the planets aligned? ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/3 "2001-04-24T19:41:00Z")
Something is different, no question. Because of firewall issues at work, I have to view the SDMB through SafeWeb. Usually I can’t see the boards at all after noon, and sometimes not after 11 a.m. (ET). Here it is, 3:40 p.m., and I can not only view, I can post! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/4 "2001-04-24T19:43:14Z")
I was just thinking the same thing. Last night even at 10:30 I was timing out, but today _ZOOOM_! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/5 "2001-04-25T01:11:00Z")
It appears our Tech Gods’ tweaking has paid off some. Let’s hope it lasts. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/6 "2001-04-25T17:16:00Z")
So who tweaked what so that the board is moving at light speed in the middle of the lunch hour crush today? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/7 "2001-04-25T17:23:36Z")
I can get on at lunchtime also! Did they get a new server? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/8 "2001-04-26T01:34:04Z")
No new server. Last thing I heard, they optimised the T1 line. Or something. I’m hardly an expert, see. But it had something to do with optimising the connection. The server hardware is still the same, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166/9 "2001-04-26T15:17:39Z")
Well, yesterday it was fast, then slow. Nice try. tease!