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What has happened to make FreeRepublic so slow?
Vanity Question | 01/24/2009 | Swordmaker

Posted on 01/24/2009 4:56:12 PM PST by Swordmaker

I have noticed that FR has become abysmally slow in response and page loading in the past day or so. I've noticed a few responses in the threads where other Freepers mention in passing the slowness. I checked it on several of my client's locations. Everywhere I brought up FR was slow.

Sometimes takes up to 30 seconds to load the browsing pages. Moving to a topic, is a bit faster but not much.

I also noticed last night that doing title searches that used to bring up pages of responses now only bring up less than a page.

John, Jim, what's going on? Are we being hit by a Denial of Service attack?


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To: Swordmaker

About 20X slower for me. I assumed it was the boobama govt spying on us.


61 posted on 01/24/2009 6:07:44 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: Swordmaker; Admin Moderator
I recognize there'll always be times when problems arise and I can live with it.

What chaps me is that there's never a word of explanation from the moderators when this happens. FR has been slow for almost a week now with absolutely no communication here to the troops. A word or two about what the problem is would go a long way to alleviate the frustration.

When there's no word from on high every one thinks his or her computer is on the fritz. This is so unnecessary.

Leni

62 posted on 01/24/2009 6:08:27 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Paige

Now that the new guy, BO, is in the WH....this is just the beginning of the attacks....I doubt it is equipment problems....bad people wanting to control the masses and their info.......I’d call ‘em soviets..........


63 posted on 01/24/2009 6:10:56 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Paige

Now that the new guy, BO, is in the WH....this is just the beginning of the attacks....I doubt it is equipment problems....bad people wanting to control the masses and their info.......I’d call ‘em soviets..........


64 posted on 01/24/2009 6:11:38 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Swordmaker

I thought it was my computer. It’s been freezing up and crashing about twice a day for a week.


65 posted on 01/24/2009 6:15:14 PM PST by abigailsmybaby (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: nahanrac

I thought it was just my computer issue as well.


66 posted on 01/24/2009 6:15:42 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: TChad
I have seen none of the dreaded proxy errors after posting

I have. See my my previous post

Proxy Error

67 posted on 01/24/2009 6:18:01 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I'm selling my tagline on Ebay Buy it Now! $1.95...S&H $14.95...only 3 left.)
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To: goat granny

Lol!

The old 286 still got some life in her yet, eh?

Years ago, back around 99, I sometimes dialed in with an old Toshiba laptop, running Win98. It was a Pentium running at 75Mhz with 16 meg of core and a 300 meg hard drive, on a 28.8 modem.

Worked.

Didn’t work very dam fast and got really hot, would take like ten minutes to bring up a web page, but it worked!


68 posted on 01/24/2009 6:18:36 PM PST by djf
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To: libh8er; Swordmaker
FreeRepublic uses antiquated technology (perl/cgi).

What would you recommend instead?

69 posted on 01/24/2009 6:19:58 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Swordmaker

I’ve been trying to get in to this thread since ‘75
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg
One toke over the line ...


70 posted on 01/24/2009 6:20:25 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: Swordmaker

It started right when the new Administration took over. Coincidence? I don’t think so?

On the other hand, how long does it make to make a sword?


71 posted on 01/24/2009 6:24:53 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: bethybabes69; Swordmaker; All; Tainan
Moderator, check those DNS records ASAP.

When I do a traceroute to FR.com
the slowdown is in silicon valley.

11 ae-2.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.173) 108.167 ms 105.009 ms 111.339 ms

12 as-3.r21.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.25) 132.230 ms 166.847 ms 125.095 ms

13 ae-0.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.96) 192.755 ms 120.870 ms 153.644 ms

14 * * *

15 mg-1.a00.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net (129.250.24.194) 123.836 ms 124.462 ms 120.974 ms

16 mg-1.a01.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net (129.250.24.195) 121.433 ms 122.044 ms 125.634 ms

17 128.242.105.82 (128.242.105.82) 124.736 ms 206.063 ms 221.083 ms

18 www.freerepublic.com (209.157.64.201) 124.775 ms 125.270 ms 123.470 ms


72 posted on 01/24/2009 6:25:02 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
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To: djf

” Years ago, back around 99, I sometimes dialed in with an old Toshiba laptop, running Win98. It was a Pentium running at 75Mhz with 16 meg of core and a 300 meg hard drive, on a 28.8 modem. “

Oh - a “Johnnie-Come-Lately”, huh??

I started out with an old 286 running WIN 3.1, dialing into local BBS’s (ya got the mimeographed list of dial-in numbers from your favorite hole-in-the-wall computer store) on a state-of-the-art 2400 (external) Modem....

Sometimes I miss those simpler days.....


73 posted on 01/24/2009 6:32:39 PM PST by Uncle Ike (Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I jus' sets.........)
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To: Swordmaker

It’s been incredibly slow! and the viewer access score no longer appears? why? It used to serve as a useful gauge of freeper interest in the story.


74 posted on 01/24/2009 6:34:52 PM PST by Steelfish (Our Winning Video)
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To: XeniaSt

LIBERAL VALLEY??? Interesting...


75 posted on 01/24/2009 6:42:17 PM PST by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: cruise_missile

oooh, that’s a keeper


76 posted on 01/24/2009 6:44:34 PM PST by Vendome
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To: Uncle Ike

Been there, dun that. But a plain text mode BB running sith senddata/rcvdata on a dedicated line is a big difference from TCPIP, graphics, and DHCP! Heck I was dialing in to work computers in the early 80’s.


77 posted on 01/24/2009 6:48:02 PM PST by djf
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To: djf

Wow you sure know a lot. I only know I have dial up and an old computer. Runs windows 98 I get finger cramps from having to tap so hard on the keyboard. It is quite sticky as sometimes I eat while reading and posting.. :o(


78 posted on 01/24/2009 6:49:50 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Revolting cat!
On the other hand, how long does it make to make a sword?

Depends... since a word is sharper than the sword, on FR... about 30 seconds longer than it used to.

To make a real sword... also depends. I made about 30 swords for a college play about 40 years ago in just under a week. Would cut but they clanged good. Could hurt bad if they connected though.

79 posted on 01/24/2009 6:50:52 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Tainan

Had’em since ‘84 Now using mac air with a solid state drive.... cool. Works well with this site. Just do a ping and get the 45 and you know if it is you or them.. most of the time its them but on the east coast where I am... All is well..


80 posted on 01/24/2009 6:59:32 PM PST by primatreat (sickem rush.......bite their butt.)
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