# This site is slow!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [March 15, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548 "2002-03-15T23:53:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Mondeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mondeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mondeo)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548/1 "2002-03-15T23:53:31Z")

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Using it makes me feel like I’m not using broadband anymore, more like the days of 14.4!

Is this normal? Ir did I just catch it at a bad time.

I’m a new user, and I like the site, but I probably won’t stay with it if I keep having to wait 2 or 3 minutes for page updates!

I’m sure the problem is here because if I leave this site I’m back up to speed!

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### Author: ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548/2 "2002-03-16T00:08:02Z")

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There is an absolute crap-load of posters here, and the server in Chicago is hamster driven (see the unlimited jokes about it).

I heard somewhere in the wind that a new server was on the way. Barring that, I got bad news for ya…

The site’s slow.

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### Author: ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548/3 "2002-03-16T00:44:04Z")

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Another question about the workings of the message board. Also shipped off to “About This Message Board”.

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### Author: ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548/4 "2002-03-16T00:56:52Z")

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Well, I do it at 56k. Im sure its just going to be a matter of minutes before this gets sent to ATMB.

If it’s slow for you, try opening that list of message topics in one window & right clicking on each message you want to read, opening them in a new window.