Man! Subscribing to AT is worth it!!

[Aenygma]

They load plenty fast for me, without having to pay.

 

[John]

Interesting....

Tracing route to subscriber.anandtech.com [216.151.100.119]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 34 ms 33 ms 33 ms crtntx1-ar7-4-34-204-001.vz.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.204.1]
2 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms a5-0-0-1.crtntx1-cr6.bbnplanet.net [4.24.115.1]
3 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms p6-1.crtntx1-cr8.bbnplanet.net [4.24.5.13]
4 33 ms 34 ms 33 ms p8-2.crtntx1-br2.bbnplanet.net [4.24.8.197]
5 33 ms 34 ms 33 ms p2-0.crtntx1-cr10.bbnplanet.net [4.24.9.242]
6 35 ms 35 ms 35 ms sl-bb22-fw-3-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.8.17]
7 35 ms 35 ms 35 ms sl-bb22-fw-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.11.226]
8 68 ms 69 ms 69 ms sl-bb22-pen-10-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.78]
9 69 ms 68 ms 68 ms sl-bb20-pen-13-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.5.101]
10 68 ms 69 ms 68 ms sl-gw2-pen-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.5.10]
11 80 ms 84 ms 80 ms sl-starind-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.228.179.10]
12 78 ms 81 ms 124 ms g2-0.eth.gr-0.pitdc1.pa.stargate.net [206.210.91.230]
13 78 ms 78 ms 78 ms v1.eth.cr-1.pitdc1.pa.stargate.net [209.166.165.69]
14 78 ms 78 ms 77 ms subscriber.anandtech.com [216.151.100.119]

Trace complete.

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Pinging subscriber.anandtech.com [216.151.100.119] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=109
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=109
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=109
Reply from 216.151.100.119: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=109

Ping statistics for 216.151.100.119:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 18, Lost = 2 (10% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 75ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 79ms

 

[TallBill]

i ping both servers the same... yet pages at subscriber load a lot faster

 

[mithrandir2001]

You are right...there is a difference in ping results. I am also getting packet loss from the subscriber site, generally about 10%. Ping times to the forums.*.* box are also slightly lower. I haven't pulled up the free site in a while and it is A LOT FASTER now than I remember it was when I paid for a subscription a month ago. In fact, it seems a little faster?

 

[Amused]

Bump to keep this active. Paying for lost packets doesn't make sense.

 

[mastertech01]

<------ Thinks 1000 PM is worth 30 bucks a year because he trades alot on the FS forum..

I purchased a whole lot of packets that got lost... but then again, I reformat so often that I lose a hell of a lot more data in that operation than I lost here in 2 years.

Whatcha gonna do with all them packets? Sell them?

 

[Amused]

Hey, time is money

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I have all sorts of strange glitches happening now that there is the option to subscribe. They never happened before. Are they happening because of the changes, or are they to "encourage" people to subscribe?

 

[mastertech01]

Hehe, Ok, I get your point. But I guess I toss a lot of money out the window, cause I spend WAY too much TIME browsing the forums and gettin nuttin done.. I bet my woman would pay 30 bucks a year just to get me away from the monitor for an extra hour a day.. LOL!

 

[Linux23]

yeah, i'm getting 25% packet loss to subscriber and 0% packet loss to forums.

trace looks perfect, but pings are dropping packets for some reason.

i sampled some random routers with pings of 32-bytes in length and they come back clean, but when i ping the subscriber router that's when the packets start dropping.

there maybe something on the anandtech side???

 

[Amused]

<< there maybe something on the anandtech side??? >>



There is no other explaination considering the fact that most of us are experiencing this, but not having problems with any other website, including the regular forums.

 

[Amused]

bump

 

[Sir Fredrick]

I'm curious if the server is giving ICMP packets a lower priority. This is entirely possible (some servers are configured to drop them altogether since they are unnecessary traffic). Is it noticeable when you're browsing the forums?
Either way it would be nice to see a confirmation of the problem and a pending solution or at least an explanation from them. I'm not a subscriber, and it's going to stay that way until this stuff is worked out...

 

[vtqanh]

<< Please continue to sign up.
Then users like me will have faster forums when nobody uses the free version. >>



aphexII, that's why they keep advertising the subscription!!!

 

[MrCodeDude]

Bah, I got Broadband so AT would load faster
-- mrcodedude

 

[toant103]

buddylist?

 

[iamshady]

<< I thought I was gonna go nuts with how long it takes to get these forums to load. So I buckled and bought a years membership. Totally worth it. These pages load soooooo fast now! Anyone else? >>

*You see Anand slip Beau a $100 bill*

 

[Maetryx]

My favorite feature is the Subscriber's Corner, where profanity, pornography, flaming, hacking, and death threats are all allowed. It's easily worth my $30 a year to download all those MP3's, warez, pr0n, and serialz.

You have violated the only rule in Subscriber's Corner. Now you can go sit in the dunce's corner. Goodbye.

 

[perry]

<< buddylist? >>



Hehe. Beats me. I subscribe and I dunno wtf it is. Don't have many PM's either. I just liked being able to do full text searches, and the faster load times (and no occasional popups, rest of the ads don't bother me).



<< My favorite feature is the Subscriber's Corner, where profanity, pornography, flaming, hacking, and death threats are all allowed. It's easily worth my $30 a year to download all those MP3's, warez, pr0n, and serialz. >>



#1 rule of the Subscriber's Corner is never talk about the Subscriber's Corner.

 

[Maetryx]

<< #1 rule of the Subscriber's Corner is never talk about the Subscriber's Corner. >>



It won't happen again, I swear it.

It is too late for you. You can kiss your $30 Goodbye. Merry Christmas.

 

[Amused]

Tsk tsk, Maetryx...

Faking Moderator comments. For shaaaaaame!

 

[Maetryx]

<< Faking Moderator comments. For shaaaaaame! >>



It's one of the perks of being a Subscriber.

There! You've gone and done it again! *FLUSH*

 

[Sluggo]

<< I bet my woman would pay 30 bucks a year just to get me away from the monitor for an extra hour a day.. LOL! >>



My wife gave me the $30 to get rid of me for a few extra hours a day.

 

[Ameesh]

25% packet loss , that is ridiculous!

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Hrmm the subscribers forum is much faster for me. I just signed up today though. In the regular forums, I wasnt even able to do anything.