[FreedomPoster]

>>Stop the posting of pictures until this is resolved.

Most of the pictures are not hosted on FR servers, and thus little affect server traffic. All that originates from FR is a little bit of HTML and a URL that reference the picture.

The slowness is a problem, however, and a DDOS attack is a possibility.

[ffrancone]

Do the pictures take bandwidth on FR's (I assume) T1? Even if the pictures are located on other servers?

I suspect this problem is just a traffic problem. That is, interest in the election is peaking and a lot more folks are logging onto FR. Why? It got like this on the day of Wellstone's death. The obvious explanation is that many more FREEPERS are logging on when big events happen.

I suspect that the only solution is more servers or more bandwidth for peak usage.

[ffrancone]

Do the pictures take bandwidth on FR's (I assume) T1? Even if the pictures are located on other servers?

I suspect this problem is just a traffic problem. That is, interest in the election is peaking and a lot more folks are logging onto FR. Why? It got like this on the day of Wellstone's death. The obvious explanation is that many more FREEPERS are logging on when big events happen.

I suspect that the only solution is more servers or more bandwidth for peak usage.