# Recurring connection problems **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 4, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461 "2013-05-04T00:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/1 "2013-05-04T00:52:15Z")
Is anyone else having problems with the board going in and out of existence? It isn’t affecting any other site, so I don’t think it’s on my end. Still, it seemed odd that no one else has posted about this–unless they just couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/2 "2013-05-04T00:53:10Z")
I’m having the same problem, plus it looks like posts aren’t showing. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/3 "2013-05-04T01:00:34Z")
All day I have been having trouble accessing the board today. Time outs and only part of the page loading. WinXP Firefox 20.01 I’m in San Francisco if that matters. If this isn’t fix immediately, I will demand a full refund, with interest. ;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Billy-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/4 "2013-05-04T01:12:21Z")
Same here. Windows 2008 Google Chrome Located in Arkansas It’s because of sequestration – the hamsters are on half rations. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/5 "2013-05-04T01:25:58Z")
Me too; I’m just now able to get the board to load. Wndows 7 Chrome West Georgia ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/6 "2013-05-04T01:28:38Z")
Same here. It’s up, it’s down, sometimes in the middle of a reply. The funny thing is, when I pinged [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) I got a reading of 31ms, which is faster than I can get a document to my printer. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/7 "2013-05-04T01:30:05Z")
Me too; I’m just now able to get the board to load. Wndows 7 Chrome West Georgia Edit: but not really because this hasn’t posted yet. Because: **This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 45 seconds.** I haven’t posted at all yet. Really, y’all, no other website gives me a fraction of the trouble the Dope does. Edit again: I only hit the button once. WTF ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/8 "2013-05-04T01:30:26Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/9 "2013-05-04T01:31:54Z")
This has been building up for some time. Connection and board speed have been problematic for weeks now. Often I would click on a forum and would just get the spinning thingy; then hit ‘stop’ and click again to enter the forum. Same for posting. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/10 "2013-05-04T01:32:42Z")
Merged duplicate threads. It’s us, not you – we’re still trying to figure out what’s going on. Sorry for any inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/11 "2013-05-04T01:35:30Z")
There’s apparently some issues, it’s being looked into. it does seem a little more stable now. I hope that’s a harbinger of better. Sorry for your inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/12 "2013-05-04T01:52:40Z")
This is what happens when we even _talk_ about increasing the search interval. Warning heeded! ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/13 "2013-05-04T02:37:24Z")
I know, right? It was [ridiculous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690003). Just curious, why didn’t they temporarily close down the board (with a message outside specifying the reason)? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/14 "2013-05-04T02:42:25Z")
I think because one can figure it out- can’t load, probably down. On FB we were discussing it, too. If you’re not sure you can test it at: [http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/15 "2013-05-04T02:44:27Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Just curious, why didn’t they temporarily close down the board (with a message outside specifying the reason)? Why? I had some intermittent problems, but never lost connectivity for more than a few minutes. I assume many others had only minor problems as well. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/16 "2013-05-04T03:28:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Why? I had some intermittent problems, but never lost connectivity for more than a few minutes. I assume many others had only minor problems as well. I had some temporary uptime today. “Minor problems” would be an understatement. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/17 "2013-05-04T03:41:07Z")
Just happened again. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/18 "2013-05-04T03:54:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Why? I had some intermittent problems, but never lost connectivity for more than a few minutes. I assume many others had only minor problems as well. For at least five hours, I couldn’t get here at all (the whole [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) domain was down, according to [downforeveryoneorjustme.com](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com)), then I started being able to read threads for which I’d gotten e-mail notifications of new posts (but couldn’t navigate elsewhere on the site). As of this typing, it seems to be behaving normally now. I’d respectfully suggest that totally inaccessible for that long is slightly more than a “minor problem”. 🙂 Windows Vista Chrome Sacramento, CA ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/19 "2013-05-04T03:55:18Z")
I think it’s a female thing. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/20 "2013-05-04T04:27:18Z")
The SDMB ought to have a Twitter account for announcing issues like this, I reckon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461.md?page=2)