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I would say no difference. It is always a bit variable (between slow and painful) so it is difficult to be definite – i.e. I cannot say that it is not faster, just that it is still very slow at times. It certainly nothing close to all the other forums on the internet (sorry).

Ian

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It certainly seems to compare well with other, normally faster, forums this morning (and that's on a poor dialup connection of only 38k rather than the more usual 46-48 that I get according to http://mire.ipadsl.net/speedtest/speedtest4.php).

One thing I've definitely noticed is far fewer of those pauses whan nothing is happening that I previously got so often on dialup.

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The page http://forums.livingfrance.com/displaygroup.aspx?GroupID=57 took 195 seconds to show anything (at around 10:30 French time 24/Sept/2005). Once the beginnings of the title were shown, the rest followed fairly quickly. I’m on a 1MB ADSL link which works well and everything else is fine.

So is it faster – NO.

Although its only 10:30 I’m dreading pressing the “Post” button as I need to go out thisafternoon.

Might I suggest Archant get some IT professionals in as identifying performance bottlenecks is not a big deal for experienced professionals. Archant have been aware of the performance issues with this site for close on a year and have been unable to resolve them. Maybe time to get some professionals in ?

Postscript: It has taken so long to get this posted I can categorically say the site is far worse – virtually unusable at the moment. Nobody anywhere can call this usable - a classic IT failure. Taken me 8 mins to post this (excluding typing time – just 8 mins waiting for the forum !!!)

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It is variable. Sometimes unusable (as my post above), but loading this page to see the new post only took 20 seconds (flying for this site) – its just very up-and-down.

I would think (most likely) the speed limitations are on LF/Archant end of things rather than where one is located as for me, when LF is “off-for a coffee break”, everything else (UK/France/US/etc.) sites all work fast with no problems. I would think the reasons different people are experiencing different things is probably this variability.

Also:

As (this edit is adding to this post), the post was done virtually immediately, yet it is only a short time ago it was a complete dog for me.
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Can we have another round of comments about the forum's performance over the next few days?

Specifically any comments on the following points would be useful:

  • Do the forums generally seem quicker (after 26/9) ?
  • Do you find them to be performing more consistently now - either faster or the same speed; but not varying wildly between running quickly and slowly?
  • For those on dialup, have you noticed any improvements over the last couple of days?

Thanks once again for your assistance

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