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The delay in browsing seems the same if not worse than before.
Other sites, larger than this using VB don't have this issue at all.
 
It's pretty zippy right now. Arguably quicker than before. Early this AM it was stabbing yourself in the eye horrible.
 
Anyone know why they shut down for maintenance every Sunday at 1:00am? Doesn't seem to fix any of the issues...
 
This forum speaks to some terrible system maintenance/management.

I've never seen larger forums, or even smaller forums, that require nightly maintenance downtime. Not only is that apparently insufficient, we then proceed to have entire days offline for "scheduled maintenance"... only to see site performance take significant nosedives which then require even more downtime to resolve.
 
Got "get out of 5 infractions" passcodes in the email. :sneaky: j/k.
Move to another server took longer, still slow as hell. 🙁


8" floppy's, AT is a large website to maintain. :biggrin:

Cassette tape the only true way to back up.

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If this was my IT guy, he would have been looking for new employment long ago. It's beyond embarrassment at this point. My second attempt at posting this sentiment, btw. 🙂
 
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Complaining about the forums gets the same results as complaining to Xfinity about their customer service, cricket........cricket........cricket......
 
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