Wincustomize.com really slow lately?

Published on July 9, 2008 By MichaelG04_NEW In WinCustomize Talk

the website seems to be very sluggish lately. whats up with that? slow downloads, slow page loads, from various locations i've noticed this

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LightStar

on Jul 09, 2008

WC has been slow for me, especially in the forums, for almost 6 months now. It has gotten even slower of late though.

MichaelG04_NEW

on Jul 09, 2008

well, that i know, it has been slow for a while, but really slow lately, either not enough bandwidth, or server horsepower, or bad site design

ZubaZ

on Jul 09, 2008

Lickity split here.

What's yoru traceroute look like? (http://network-tools.com/)

TraceRoute to 38.98.152.145 [forums.wincustomize.com]

Hop

(ms)

IP Address

Host name

72.249.0.65

207.88.185.37

207.88.185.37.ptr.us.

.net

65.106.4.233

65.106.4.233.ptr.us.

.net

154.54.12.45

gi1-12.mpd01.dfw03.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.6.93

vl3491.mpd01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.5.218

te3-2.mpd01.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.7.186

te8-4.mpd01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.1.97

gi12-0-0.core01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.5.154

po5-0.core01.tol01.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.1.2

po5-0.core01.dtw04.atlas.cogentco.com

154.54.25.61

po4-0.core01.dtw03.atlas.cogentco.com

38.20.36.214

vl3504.na01.b015487-0.dtw03.atlas.cogentco.com

38.99.219.166

stardock-corporation.demarc.cogentco.com

38.98.152.145

Trace complete

Keila

on Jul 09, 2008

Funny I saw this because when I just logged on I was thinking that it was a lot faster then usual.

Fuzzy Logic

on Jul 09, 2008

Its not really slow lately - its always been slow...

MichaelG04_NEW

on Jul 09, 2008

it's not so much the forums either, as it is the site, and browsing the gallery

RickJP

on Jul 09, 2008

I think it's when you logon to the site they roll a dice to pick ..very slow, slow, passable, ok , fast, ultra fast.

Mines fast at the mo. but had lots of very slow days.

starkers

on Jul 09, 2008

I've been finding WC page loads are pretty quick these days... but then I'm downunder in Oz, so gravity helps speed things up.

Mind you, tho, it's all uphill when uploading.

zakai1369

on Jul 09, 2008

Had alot of times i was waiting on page loads on the forums for awhile there. The past month or so though it's been pretty much instantaneous.

aufisch

on Jul 10, 2008

I experience an extreme slow phase a couple of weeks ago. Right now it seems to work fine again, but two weeks ago it was just crawling along.

NightTrainthedark

on Jul 10, 2008

The performance of the site has been off and on since the last site upgrade a few years back.

Mildly dissapointing considering we are paying subscribers.

neophil78

on Jul 10, 2008

Its not really slow lately - its always been slow...

vStyler

on Jul 10, 2008

but then I'm downunder in Oz, so gravity helps speed things up.

never even thought about that

Frogboy

on Jul 12, 2008

Depends on the part of the site I'm looking at.

The forums seem a lot faster lately. The galleries are pretty intensive in terms of how much crud is on them.

I think the basic problem with WC is the code more than the underlying infrastructure. It's just a heavy site. I hope to see this change with WC 2K8.

Wizard1956

on Jul 12, 2008

The galleries are pretty intensive in terms of how much crud is on them.

I've found FF3 to be an excellent crud cutter.Things sped up for me as soon as I stopped using IE7 for browsing the galleries.

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