# This Place Is Slower Than The IMDB Boards!

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**Created:** [April 11, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-slower-than-the-imdb-boards/61602 "2001-04-11T15:25:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![luluthebeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@luluthebeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluthebeast)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-slower-than-the-imdb-boards/61602/1 "2001-04-11T15:25:44Z")

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I forgot why I haven’t been here in awhile. They got their’s running quicker, perhaps someone here could contact them to see what they did.

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**Author:** ![isopropyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@isopropyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isopropyl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-place-is-slower-than-the-imdb-boards/61602/2 "2001-04-11T16:45:16Z")

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If you mean the Movie Database, they are rich with advertising dollars and have always had custom software.

Of course, they probably have servers on a commercial host as well, which speeds up anything with a lot of simultaneous traffic.