[*645-k701]

who runs this server? could they get a better domain or summat.
It lags so bad this time of the day. even with my 8mb bb conny, it still takes 30 secs to loads pages ,(without images)..

the states* daytime at a guess..

has it always been like this, or just loads of newbies like myself , slowing it down?..

 

[Kirosia]

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Originally Posted by *645-k701 who runs this server? could they get a better domain or summat.

You got any money?

 

[RYCeT]

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Originally Posted by *645-k701 who runs this server? could they get a better domain or summat. It lags so bad this time of the day. even with my 8mb bb conny, it still takes 30 secs to loads pages ,(without images).. the states* daytime at a guess.. has it always been like this, or just loads of newbies like myself , slowing it down?..

Wow, how old are you? Ask your parent to teach you some manner or kick your arse

 

[GlendaleViper]

Get a better connection or close out any P2P apps you're using. I've been on all afternoon with no trouble at all.

Oh, and get some bloody manners.

 

[HiFiRE]

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Originally Posted by *645-k701 who runs this server? could they get a better domain or summat. It lags so bad this time of the day. even with my 8mb bb conny, it still takes 30 secs to loads pages ,(without images).. the states* daytime at a guess.. has it always been like this, or just loads of newbies like myself , slowing it down?..

i'm in korea and i wait a couple seconds at most for a page load with images.

 

[splaz]

How about contributing instead of whining if it's such an issue to you ?

I know I'm not a contributor but I'm happy with what I get considering it is FREE.

edit: Plus It doesn't even happen that often to me atleat. I'm all the way over here in Australia with 512 and everything is as fast as should be expected. Occasional lag but as I said, FREE.

 

[Blitzula]

How dare you ask a reasonable question and then get lectured on your manners for asking it!

I've noticed that Head-fi times out a lot for me too. It only happens here...I assume because of some server issues also.

 

[mrarroyo]

It has been pretty slow on my end as well. I also think there is no need to get nasty for asking a valid question.

 

[Zorander]

Headfi is fine on my end. I've been to websites with much slower speed (and I haven't got the audacity to ask what you asked).

 

[plainsong]

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Originally Posted by *645-k701 who runs this server? could they get a better domain or summat. It lags so bad this time of the day. even with my 8mb bb conny, it still takes 30 secs to loads pages ,(without images).. the states* daytime at a guess.. has it always been like this, or just loads of newbies like myself , slowing it down?..

Wow, I never actually met a Finn who talked like this!

If you'd like to donate some server-side upgrades, then we won't say no.

 

[Kirosia]

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Originally Posted by blitzula How dare you ask a reasonable question and then get lectured on your manners for asking it!

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Originally Posted by mrarroyo It has been pretty slow on my end as well. I also think there is no need to get nasty for asking a valid question.

It wasn't what he asked, but how he asked it. Many have inquired about speed issues before, but never as rude.

 

[floydenheimer]

Judging by the "Helsinki" in his profile I'm going to guess English isn't his/her best language. Sometimes it's difficult to convey a more pleasant tone with text, especially when you're communicating with a secondary language. Don't be so testy people!

Being in Finland is going to have a negative effect on latency since the head-fi server resides somewhere in the USA. I suggest you move to USA to fix the slow page loads.

 

[plainsong]

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Originally Posted by floydenheimer Judging by the "Helsinki" in his profile I'm going to guess English isn't his/her best language. Sometimes it's difficult to convey a more pleasant tone with text, especially when you're communicating with a secondary language. Don't be so testy people! Being in Finland is going to have a negative effect on latency since the head-fi server resides somewhere in the USA. I suggest you move to USA to fix the slow page loads.

Except that it's hardly Helsinki-English. So, no, I pretty well think what was meant was what was said.

Although, some providers use better connections outside of Finland than others. I remember when Saunalahti used to suxor bigtime, as did Welho back when it was HTV still. But Welho fixed it and Saunalahti more or less went under, then reinvented themselves. I think Sonera and Elisa are using the same backbones, but I could be wrong.

Another thing that could affect speed, other than the obvious "it's teh internets" answer, is that if you have an 8mb connection, and that is shared through the apartment building, you're only getting a part of that. Some apartment buildings have those connections although ours lets you choose your own.

 

[lini]

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Originally Posted by floydenheimer Being in Finland is going to have a negative effect on latency since the head-fi server resides somewhere in the USA. I suggest you move to USA to fix the slow page loads.

It's not that much with a good dsl connection, actually. E.g., ping to head-fi is ~ 185 ms for me at the moment (using T-Com/T-Online 16/1 Mbps), while it's 17 ms to my own domain at a big hosting site in south-western Germany. That's ~ factor 11, sure - but still only some 0,2 seconds on the whole. Maybe it's another 50 to 100 ms extra to Finland, but that's still dimensions apart from the sporadically (in the last months unfortunately rather generally) experienced lagginess. One shouldn't complain about the latter, though: Head-Fi has grown big, but essentially is still a hobby operation with very limited budget compared to professional online magazines, for example. And even those are often enough rather slow - despite having a much bigger server park, several full-time admins/operators et cetera... Jude & Co. really seem to do what they can within their means, and that's already more than one can expect, especially considering that it's for free...

Anyway, the op's inquiry can surely be read as rude, but it could also just be rather naive/inexperienced. In any case, it radiates a certain kind of annoying impatient curiousity - e.g. if only by overlooking Jude's sticky on ongoing site maintainance... Then again, his confession about being a noob himself and the possibility of the site being flooded by noobs as well as a smiley already convey a kind of apology for the possibly dumb questions. Hence, bashing rather seems undeserved here...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

P.S.: *645-k701: Checking the sticky thread on top of each (sub)forum page usually is a good idea before asking questions. Same goes for the search function - especially for more specific questions. Plus you can also do a couple of things to improve speed on your side by optimizing your browser settings, using adblockers et cetera - e.g. in my case, it's often enough not head-fi itself, but rather one of the numerous external links that slows things down: For example, google-ads sometimes apparently has difficulties to deliver, too... And I've also set the forum options for me to not automatically load images.

 

[*645-k701]

Well i gave you all somthing to talk about, cheers for the usefull posts..
Tsk to the people that got the knickers in a knot..8)