[GaryM]

Is it just me or has this forum been quite slow for the last week or so?

I have a 1MB connection but sometimes it feels like Im back to 28.8k!!

When I click on a topic it takes around 15 seconds before it even starts to display the page.

 

[rich1068]

Do you use Norton Gary?

 

[GaryM]

I am behind a hardware firewall (router) and have XP firewall (SP2) switched on.

This has only been happening for the past week or so though.

All other websites and download speeds are fine.

 

[Carlos]

Seems slow for me. Was ok at work earlier today though.

What sort of ping times are you getting Gary?

ping www.uk-mkivs.net

Pinging www.uk-mkivs.net [70.84.251.74] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=269ms TTL=109

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=296ms TTL=109

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=109

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=326ms TTL=109

Ping statistics for 70.84.251.74:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 269ms, Maximum = 326ms, Average = 299ms

 

[GaryM]

Seems a little better than yours currently:

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=106

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=106

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=106

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=134ms TTL=106

Ping statistics for 70.84.251.74:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 127ms, Maximum = 134ms, Average = 129ms

 

[VEFX]

its def slow, its peeing me off actually!!

its like the dark ages and dial up! ;-}

 

[Carlos]

Well, mine is really bad. Just out of interest what do you get for www.bbc.co.uk?

 

[GaryM]

ping www.bbc.co.uk:

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=248

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=248

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=248

Reply from 70.84.251.74: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 70.84.251.74:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 22ms, Maximum = 33ms, Average = 25ms

 

[Carlos]

Christ i'm averaging 150ms to the bbc.co.uk! [:O]

Anyway, this topic should be moved somewhere I can get some whoring points []

 

[Shaq]

It IS slower than normal!!

Sometimes takes ages to load up a page and I either get have the page or nothing at all useful and a SQL timeout!!!

C

 

[Del]

It's definitely slow lately and I've also been getting SQL timeouts.

 

[daflyingfinn]

very slow indeed for the last coupla weeks[!]

 

[NikB]

I think we're having server issues but it is being worked on, don't worry we'll be back to normal soon.

 

[GaryM]

Glad to hear, thanks for the input Nick.

 

[Carlos]

Sweet, it's nice to hear!

 

[hornetrider]

glad to know its not just me then! timeouts all over the place on my "1 meg"! BBC is fine...

 

[Foxy]

Yeah - was ok a couple of weeks ago after the inital slowness, but it's back to square one again.

 

[rich1068]

Re: my reply to Gary.

I just asked because UKMKIVs is far and away the slowest forum I use and along with all the other problems Norton causes on this site I just wondered whether the two were connected. I use dial up at work with no Norton and it's as quick (or as slow) as at home with broadband. Go figure?

All that said, I'm not complaining. Anyone who puts the time in to run a forum because they like a particular car is dedicated with a capital 'D' in my book. Especially when most of the time they're replying to wingeing flipers like me []

 

[thechief]

Getting the same but on 2meg!

 

[j40hnw]

Its been soooooo slow its like being back with 56k. And the other night i fell asleep face down on the keyboard .[|)][|)] lol