Slow site

[StarlinerRon]

I know there have been slow downs noted lately.  I just timed 14 seconds to open a subject, now the site is slower than my racecar  LOL.

Ron.

[GerryP]

I am running around 30 seconds for a page load.  It has to be a very interesting topic for me to open a thread.  I'm an older guy and just don't have that kind of time in my life.  I've tried different browsers, different settings and this is the only site on the whole Internet where I have the dial-up experience.

[Royce]

same here...  I think GM is behind it

[gregaba]

Yea
Slowest site on the internet and getting slower.
When I click on the site it takes 65 second's to load and if I click on a subject to read it's 20 seconds.
Tried everything I know to speed it up.
Used to be as fast as all the other site's until about a year ago.
Greg

[shady]

same slow down on 3 different computers and 2 phones. just within the last two weeks here.

[frnkeore]

It seems like in the last two weeks, it's slowed more than ever.

I timed my connection, just now and about 3 days ago, it was 23 sec, both times.

[Gaugster]

Site has been slow for me also. I have had difficulty logging in even. I don't have any active projects at the moment so don't mind speed. Hope it gets better though.

[cjshaker]

Same here, about 25 seconds and getting worse. I just find something useful to do while it loads, like paint the house, cut a load of wood or read War and Peace.

[Tommy-T]

This site is literally slower than dial-up

I come here daily just to see if anything new is happening, but only go to the home page to check, and rarely check in.

FE.com is still my home not only because it's faster, but that is a major factor.

[fekbmax]

I only have issues with it being a little slow on my laptop.  I mostly come here on my phone , stay loged in and can generally open any topic in 3 to 5 seconds max.

[Henrysnephew]

   Yes, what Greg said x 2:  for me it started about a year ago as well - site was down for a while (server crash?) and when it came back it was (and is) very slow to respond.  Randy M

[thatdarncat]

I only have issues with it being a little slow on my laptop.  I mostly come here on my phone , stay loged in and can generally open any topic in 3 to 5 seconds max.

Same, I just use my phone these days, and it’s not a new one either, a 4 year old iPhone, and it’s only a small lag, maybe 3 seconds max at times. In fact for me lately it actually seems faster than it was about a year ago when we were discussing this issue.

Later this week maybe I’ll try stopping at the local library and try their computer, see how it goes.

[jmlay]

While the forum may not operate at the speed we may like, we must remember our access to the forum and the wealth of information contained within are at no cost. Hopefully Jay, in all of his free time, may find a resolution.

Thanks to Jay for his hard work and such a wonderful resource. Thanks to all of the great members whom participate and grow resource.

[jayb]

I don't know why so many folks are having slow response times.  It is really fast here, no issues.  In any case, there's nothing I can do about it short of a major change like swapping hosting services, which I'm not willing to do at this point.  I will call GoDaddy again next week, but it hasn't helped before.

[428 GALAXIE]

Yep.
Slow but in the range of 5 to 10 seconds and I am on the other side of pond.
If I had to guess it's some sort Dos attack towards the server provider.