# The board is getting slow again!! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378 "2001-10-09T18:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/1 "2001-10-09T18:31:03Z")
This morning, I made a post in my Barry Bonds thread in IMHO. It took fifteen minutes for it to go through. Are we returning to the bad old days when the board was slower’n molasses in Alaska in January? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/2 "2001-10-09T21:23:59Z")
Yes, I have also noticed. Practicing my sig line! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/3 "2001-10-10T00:46:58Z")
I don’t know what would have caused this, but I’d say it was temporary. Speed has been fine for me over the past few days, and I didn’t hear my colleagues complain either. But keep alerting us if it happens again, of course. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/4 "2001-10-10T01:13:22Z")
Definitely slow for me tonight about 6:30 to 7:30. By 8 it was flying again, as it is now(9:00) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/5 "2001-10-10T04:01:53Z")
Every time it has been really slow, I’ve looked at the main page, and seen more than 200 people (total) online. I swear I saw more than 250 once, but am uncertain of the time. I will say this - a lot of people are experiencing it. One can easily track the jump in UnaBoard activity with the reports and experiences of slowness over here… ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/6 "2001-10-10T04:13:53Z")
It was very slow for me this morning, about 8 AM. I realize thats a heavy traffic time, but it was much slower than usual. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/7 "2001-10-10T04:17:13Z")
Fortunately, I haven’t noticed…having recently acquired cable access. (insert smug smiley here) But truthfully, even when everyone was screaming before about how slow it was (back in my pre-cable, 56k days) I honestly didn’t have a thing to gripe about. I, too, have noticed that the longer I stayed off the board during the day, the more the posts would build up. But for me, that’s the way it has always been. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/8 "2001-10-10T04:38:15Z")
Its been very, very slow for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/9 "2001-10-10T04:38:49Z")
I, too, have noticed this. Especially during the high traffic times, around 9-10 am PDT. I waited ten minutes to get a post in, yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/10 "2001-10-10T09:13:08Z")
Very slow here as well. With cable access! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/11 "2001-10-10T09:22:55Z")
Clean your cable, pal. I’m in the same town and it’s running fine for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/12 "2001-10-10T10:43:44Z")
allright \*_getting sponge and bucket_ \* ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/13 "2001-10-10T12:21:10Z")
I’m (virtually) in the same timezone as you, Coldfire, & it’s slow for me in the evenings (whether from work on their high speed link, or from home on my 56k modem). I’m getting frequent timeouts again, and people have started commenting in chat on the board being slow again. Put that bucket away, young daffodil! ;). ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/14 "2001-10-10T12:40:09Z")
Yep lots of time-outs in the evenings. -1 hour from Coldie ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/15 "2001-10-10T13:17:11Z")
Well, reporting from Central DST in Illinois, I have noticed only very occasional slowdowns on some threads, with no apparent rhyme or reason to them, other than that they’re always in GQ, GD, or the Pit (I don’t spend that much time in MPSIMS, so I can’t speak for their results over there), and it’s always when there are at least 200 members and about 50 or 60 guests on the boards. So I’m assuming that it’s just sheer volume of traffic and thus probably not fixable. And it only started doing it just recently, when we got up to about 17,800 registered members. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/16 "2001-10-10T16:44:23Z")
I’ve noticed a few slow downs at times, but nothing like before. It seems to happen at 200+ logged on. Anthracite, I believe you’ve seen 250. I’ve seen 300 between registered users and guests. Can’t remember what day, but it was in the afternoon. I’m in EST. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/17 "2001-10-10T17:55:10Z")
:: kneels :: Oh, Jerry the Tech God, it is obvious that the Teeming Millions have failed to provide you with an adequate sacrifice. What can we do to redeem ourselves in your eyes? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/18 "2001-10-10T19:10:14Z")
Well, now I know that it isn’t just me or the library’s access that’s at fault. And the library has the fastest access possible. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/19 "2001-10-10T19:27:26Z")
It’s the librarian, Jab. She’s got one of those buttons under her desk like they have to slow down roulette wheels–_don’t look at her, don’t look at her!_–and whenever she sees that you’ve just clicked on Submit, she pushes the button. Nobody knows why librarians do this. I think it’s because they’re jealous of the Internet and want people to read more books. Or maybe she just wants you to leave so _she_ can have a turn… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378/20 "2001-10-10T23:33:31Z")
It’s been a little slow for me today, for the first time in months. SAY IT ISN’T SO!!! And yes, I am over on the UnaBoard while I’m waiting. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-getting-slow-again/86378.md?page=2)