Is AT Going REALLY Slow For Anyone?

[bigboxes]

Yes, been slow for at least 3 days. Almost unusable. I use McAfee and Firefox. How about we adress the real issues of why the site is slowed down to a crawl all of a sudden.

 

[Deinonych]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I'm experincing slowdown when loading. Waiting for "dynamic2.anandtech.com..."

Glad it's not just me. I'm experiencing the exact same thing.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: bigboxes
Yes, been slow for at least 3 days. Almost unusable.

 

[jjones]

Same here, dialup slow.

 

[fatpat268]

dialup slow is an understatement.

Most pages won't load and eventually time out.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I'm on XP SP2 with AVG (is that a Kaspersky based Anti Virus?) and I'm getting incredibly slow loads.

 

[IonBlade]

Same problem here on my home computer.
- No changes to my system configuration from back when it was running fine
- Vista
- Windows Firewall disabled
- No antivirus software
- Firefox
- Time Warner DFW ISP.

If I click on the same link a few times, or refresh a page while it's loading a few times, eventually it'll connect as quick as it should. If I don't refresh / reclick the links and just let them load naturally, it feels like I'm back on an acoustic coupler rather than cable net.


However, things are snappy as can be from my work connection, so maybe there's an issue on the Time Warner network?

 

[Deinonych]

Originally posted by: IonBlade
However, things are snappy as can be from my work connection, so maybe there's an issue on the Time Warner network?

Could be. My work connection is fine as well, and I'm on TW at home.

 

[fatpat268]

I'm on time warner as well, never bothered to check at work.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: IonBlade
Same problem here on my home computer.
- No changes to my system configuration from back when it was running fine
- Vista
- Windows Firewall disabled
- No antivirus software
- Firefox
- Time Warner DFW ISP.

If I click on the same link a few times, or refresh a page while it's loading a few times, eventually it'll connect as quick as it should. If I don't refresh / reclick the links and just let them load naturally, it feels like I'm back on an acoustic coupler rather than cable net.


However, things are snappy as can be from my work connection, so maybe there's an issue on the Time Warner network?

Same deal w/ me.

I've managed to solve the completely no load problem by disabling the email protection in my AVG. However, as you have stated, the pages will sometimes hang and a few refreshes will make it load really fast as it should.

I am also on Time Warner in Austin

 

[Crusty]

Same problem here, works great at work on a Grande Communications fiber link, but at home on a Time Warner cable connection I get horrible delays.

I had a page sitting loading overnight, no timeouts... just never a full page. Definitely think there is something wrong with the TW network.

 

[tfinch2]

It's been terrible for me. At home, at work, at my parents house in San Antonio (I'm in Austin). The page just sits trying to load dynamic2.anandtech.com. I do not run any antivirus or firewall software.

I'm about to given up on AT.

tracert forums.anandtech.com

Tracing route to forums.anandtech.com [208.65.201.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms cpe-70-113-11-188.austin.res.rr.com [70.113.11.188]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 14 ms 10 ms 17 ms gig14-0-5.austtxrdcsc-rtr1.austin.rr.com [24.27.12.222]
4 9 ms 9 ms 11 ms gig2-0-0.austtxrdcsc-rtr3.texas.rr.com [24.93.33.134]
5 15 ms 15 ms 20 ms gig6-3-0.dllatxl3-rtr1.texas.rr.com [72.179.205.76]
6 17 ms 15 ms 16 ms te-9-2.car1.Dallas1.Level3.net [8.9.232.77]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 17 ms 20 ms 16 ms 64.208.110.205
9 51 ms 53 ms 63 ms nlayer.ge-7-0-0.ar1.DCA3.gblx.net [208.51.117.126]
10 98 ms 50 ms 60 ms 73.xe-2-0-0.cr2.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.166]
11 50 ms 52 ms 52 ms tge4-3.ar1.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.146]
12 53 ms 55 ms 52 ms r1.vadc1.eicomm.net [69.31.30.218]
13 * * * Request timed out.
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Trace complete.

 

[Crusty]

C:\Documents and Settings\Matt>tracert forums.anandtech.com

Tracing route to forums.anandtech.com [208.65.201.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
2 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms 10.39.224.1
3 14 ms 11 ms 11 ms gig14-0-9.austtxrdcsc-rtr2.austin.rr.com [24.27.
13.170]
4 11 ms 10 ms 8 ms gig2-0-0.austtxrdcsc-rtr4.texas.rr.com [24.93.33
.150]
5 18 ms 18 ms 17 ms gig5-3-0.hstntxl3-rtr1.texas.rr.com [72.179.205.
37]
6 212 ms 220 ms 219 ms te-7-3.car1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.79.88.29]
7 20 ms 19 ms 18 ms ae-5-5.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.230]
8 * * 20 ms ae-14-51.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.16]
9 25 ms 21 ms 20 ms 64.208.110.205
10 55 ms 54 ms 63 ms nlayer.ge-7-0-0.ar1.DCA3.gblx.net [208.51.117.12
6]
11 120 ms 97 ms 55 ms 74.xe-0-2-0.cr2.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.170
]
12 56 ms 53 ms 56 ms tge4-3.ar1.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.150]
13 55 ms 54 ms 55 ms r1.vadc1.eicomm.net [69.31.30.218]
14 * * * Request timed out.
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Trace complete.




Saaaame shit here. Who the hell do we tell about this?

 

[Gibsons]

Same here - Austin Time Warner, no other sites giving me trouble

tracert forums.anandtech.com

Tracing route to forums.anandtech.com [208.65.201.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 9 ms 12 ms 8 ms 24.27.13.201
3 8 ms 8 ms 17 ms 24.93.33.198
4 17 ms 15 ms 16 ms gig6-3-0.hstntxl3-rtr1.texas.rr.com [72.179.205.
78]
5 23 ms 17 ms 18 ms te-7-1.car1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.79.88.105]
6 60 ms 17 ms 15 ms ae-5-5.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.230]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 17 ms 18 ms 18 ms 64.208.110.205
9 93 ms 52 ms 53 ms nlayer.ge-7-0-0.ar1.DCA3.gblx.net [208.51.117.12
6]
10 52 ms 53 ms 53 ms 74.xe-0-2-0.cr2.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.170
]
11 52 ms 54 ms 53 ms tge4-3.ar1.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.146]
12 53 ms 54 ms 53 ms r1.vadc1.eicomm.net [69.31.30.218]
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
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Trace complete.

 

[seemingly random]

Same here - w2k, comodo fw, antivir, firefox

Don't know if this is useful...

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Tracing route to forums.anandtech.com [208.65.201.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms launchmodem [192.168.1.254]
2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms adsl-232-54-1.asm.bellsouth.net [74.232.54.1]
3 11 ms 20 ms 10 ms 70.159.177.179
4 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 70.159.176.44
5 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms axr00asm-ge-2-1-9.bellsouth.net [70.159.176.40]
6 6 ms 5 ms 6 ms axr01asm-ge-5-1-0.bellsouth.net [65.83.236.187]
7 5 ms 6 ms 6 ms axr00aep-so-0-0-0.bellsouth.net [65.83.238.40]
8 12 ms 10 ms 11 ms pxr00ash-so-3-0-0.bellsouth.net [65.83.236.206]
9 11 ms 11 ms * g1-17.ar1.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.30.21]
10 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge4-3.ar1.iad1.us.nlayer.net [69.31.31.146]
11 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms r1.vadc1.eicomm.net [69.31.30.218]
12 * * * Request timed out.
...
30 * * * Request timed out.
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eicomm?

 

[Arglebargle]

Austin, TX area Time Warner as well. AVG onboard but not automated. Coupla firewalls, but that doesn't seem to matter.

 

[Deinonych]

Just for grins, I used the PS3's browser to connect to AnandTech. No problems whatsoever. Wii browser didn't have any problems either. Weird.

 

[Zendeath]

Same here. RoadRunner in Austin timing out on the same hop the others show.

 

[Renob]

Im in Austin and I have AVG and RR as my ISP, and my only internet issues are with the Anandtech Forums, I have not seen any reply in here from Anandtech whats up with that?

It seems to me they changed something on their end! Its killing all my forum fun!

 

[Steve]

Comcast in Chicago. Page loads are very slow. This is the first time I've noticed a speed problem.

 

[seemingly random]

Today is especially bad - sometimes 1-2 minute page loads - much slower than yesterday. No slow down with yahoo or google.

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But then this post was instantaneous - go figure...

 

[Not my fault]

Alright, for those of you experiencing problems please PM me traceroutes to forums.anandtech.com and be sure to tell me YOUR IP as well so I can check the return paths. These problems will more than likely not be network related, but I want to rule that out. Thank you.

 

[seemingly random]

hmmm...

Tracing route to unabridged.merriam-webster.com [64.15.203.18]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms launchmodem [192.168.1.254]
2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms adsl-232-54-1.asm.bellsouth.net [74.232.54.1]
3 5 ms 6 ms 5 ms 70.159.177.183
4 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 70.159.176.44
5 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms axr00asm-ge-2-1-9.bellsouth.net [70.159.176.40]
6 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms axr00msy-0-3-0.bellsouth.net [65.83.236.44]
7 10 ms 6 ms 6 ms so-7-1-0.edge1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.71.192.9]
8 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms ae-1-53.bbr1.Atlanta1.Level3.net [4.68.103.65]
9 11 ms 12 ms 12 ms ae-0-0.bbr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.128.210]
10 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms ae-43-99.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.197]
11 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms savvis-level3-te.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.110.102]
12 17 ms 16 ms 16 ms cr1-loopback.dck.savvis.net [206.24.226.70]
13 41 ms 41 ms 40 ms cr1-bundle-pos1.losangeles.savvis.net [204.70.197.26]
14 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms cr2-pos-0-3-0-1.SanFrancisco.savvis.net [206.24.211.77]
15 41 ms 40 ms 40 ms bhr1-pos-0-0.SantaClarasc8.savvis.net [208.172.156.198]
16 40 ms 40 ms 41 ms csr11-ve243.santaclarasc8.savvis.net [66.35.194.106]
17 * * * Request timed out.
...
30 * * * Request timed out.

and there is no problem/slowness accessing merriam-webster.

 

[Splork]

Originally posted by: Renob
Im in Austin and I have AVG and RR as my ISP, and my only internet issues are with the Anandtech Forums, I have not seen any reply in here from Anandtech whats up with that?

It seems to me they changed something on their end! Its killing all my forum fun!

I'm in Austin too. TWC, no issues with my connection other than the anandtech sites. What gives? I'm surprised that we haven't heard anything from Jason.

 

[Zendeath]

Seems to be much faster for me now.