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Depends on the time of day. At 5am gtg. After 10-11am after the snowflakes get up it`s all slow. Jeff
My imagination, or is Accurate Shooter site slower now?
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My internet speed seems to range between lightening fast and taking a nap. Never know when it's going to nap, so I've learned to just be patient, or go do something else for a while. Back when I had cable for internet and a holiday weekend arrived with kids coming home from college, my internet access would go down for the entire weekend. After years of service calls and complaints, it was divulged to me that my home/neighborhood street was located at the end of the cable trunk and everyone else got internet access before I did.
That's when I cut the cable and went with ROKU and phone line access via ATT, and a broadcast antenna in my attic. You talk about throttling internet speed, the only time I get HD quality programming on my HD tv is via the broadcast antenna. When we watch a movie on Amazon , we pay the SD price, not the HD price because we won't get HD quality viewing anyway. Internet is too slow.
That's when I cut the cable and went with ROKU and phone line access via ATT, and a broadcast antenna in my attic. You talk about throttling internet speed, the only time I get HD quality programming on my HD tv is via the broadcast antenna. When we watch a movie on Amazon , we pay the SD price, not the HD price because we won't get HD quality viewing anyway. Internet is too slow.
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We are working on this.
1. Yes we have noticed a slower response time in past 3-4 days. We are exploring the reasons. It appears the issue is network routing BEFORE it gets to our servers.
Example -- Yesterday I saw slow response at my home computer in morning using a very fast-rated Spectrum connection. Forum response was slow.
Then, at a doctor's office at 2 pm yesterday, connecting via Verizon Wireless, the Forum response was VERY fast. Difference was quite surprising.
This means that the slow-down is BEFORE it reaches our server. Before anything over which we have control.
2. First, understand we are running a very costly, high-end cloud server solution. Honestly, there is not much we could do to improve the server, at any price.
FYI, the Bulletin is running VERY fast for me with FireFox... instantaneous page display. And, yes, that is the same server, same firewall.
3. We have seen a significant increase in traffic in recent days -- 180% of normal. 4 million accesses in a day vs. 2.2 million before. We are trying to determine why. It appears that the search engines are getting MUCH more involved with this Forum. We may have to write scripts to prevent bot access.
4. Some browsers are faster than others. I recommend you leave Chrome behind. Google is doing all sorts of tracking and data harvesting now. You may find Firefox or even Edge considerably faster.
5. I have engaged help from multiple Xenforo experts. And we are in the process of doing a major upgrade to version 2.X. Hopefully that may help.
6. We are working on the issue. We have already worked with the firewall company and changed some DNS settings to create a new path to the site.
As best we can determine, the major issue is a slow-down at a company named GTT.net
1. Yes we have noticed a slower response time in past 3-4 days. We are exploring the reasons. It appears the issue is network routing BEFORE it gets to our servers.
Example -- Yesterday I saw slow response at my home computer in morning using a very fast-rated Spectrum connection. Forum response was slow.
Then, at a doctor's office at 2 pm yesterday, connecting via Verizon Wireless, the Forum response was VERY fast. Difference was quite surprising.
This means that the slow-down is BEFORE it reaches our server. Before anything over which we have control.
2. First, understand we are running a very costly, high-end cloud server solution. Honestly, there is not much we could do to improve the server, at any price.
FYI, the Bulletin is running VERY fast for me with FireFox... instantaneous page display. And, yes, that is the same server, same firewall.
3. We have seen a significant increase in traffic in recent days -- 180% of normal. 4 million accesses in a day vs. 2.2 million before. We are trying to determine why. It appears that the search engines are getting MUCH more involved with this Forum. We may have to write scripts to prevent bot access.
4. Some browsers are faster than others. I recommend you leave Chrome behind. Google is doing all sorts of tracking and data harvesting now. You may find Firefox or even Edge considerably faster.
5. I have engaged help from multiple Xenforo experts. And we are in the process of doing a major upgrade to version 2.X. Hopefully that may help.
6. We are working on the issue. We have already worked with the firewall company and changed some DNS settings to create a new path to the site.
As best we can determine, the major issue is a slow-down at a company named GTT.net
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DSL? what's DSL? I love my earthlink and it has the greatest modem---29k at that(if memory serves me correctlySomebody needs to upgrade from DSL.
just tried what paul said, downloaded firefox, its faster for sure!!!
Joe R
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At the risk of being a wise guy, couldn't be because everyone is home watching Netflix, Hulu, etc... because of Covid. I noticed the whole internet is slower not just AS.
Joe
Geronimo Jim
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I use Firefox and has been very fast. Now it is very slow!
D-4297
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Have experienced a major slow-down when I go to any gun related site in the last week . But only gun related sites . Not going to yell conspiracy from the anti's yet ..... Like Hell I'm not ! Control the information ? You control the message ....And those anti-gun radical lefties want TOTAL control . The so-called Congressional Hearing with Bezos and the other Techie talking heads was the biggest farce I've seen since our Honorable Attorney General's Congressional "clown show" the day before . 
Mine has been noticeably slower also.
If you truly can't afford, that is fine. I've read some of your posts and you do contribute
Jay Christopherson
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it does seem quite a bit slower recently. 
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Patience is a virtue grasshoppers. I just have another,whatever is the drink of the moment. The only thing instant in my life is the first cup of coffee in the AM,but I still wait for the water to boil. Jeff
Prob Trump's fault, somehow...
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