Why is pics.bbzzdd.com so unreliable?

[iRONic]

It's just so damn frustrating.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

it crashes under the load of so many jessica alba pics

 

[Jeff7]

Add this to your hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc:

72.232.196.98 pics.bbzzdd.com

I found that manually redirecting it like that greatly improved its reliability; maybe they've got a funky DNS server.

 

[Mucho]

The more pertinent question is why so many people here insist on using it to host files.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

How much do you pay to use the service?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
How much do you pay to use the service?

...but we deserve free stuff, its our right.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
How much do you pay to use the service?

Time is money.

 

[Cattlegod]

it sucks, my work has pics.bbzzdd.com blocked

 

[eelw]

So why don't you host it instead?

 

[0roo0roo]

its free

 

[biggestmuff]

still waiting for my pics.ironic.com login info.

 

[FoBoT]

as Jeff7 said, the main issue i see at home is due to dns weirdness

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Mucho
The more pertinent question is why so many people here insist on using it to host files.

I've been using it for ~4 years, I'm not changing now.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
How much do you pay to use the service?

Exactly.

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[ultimatebob]

I usually use Flickr, Imageshack, or Picasa Online for sharing ATOT pictures, and those are free and usually more reliable.

 

[Pabster]

Why not use Flickr or Picasa?

bbzzdd has always been slow as snot for me.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: iRONic
It's just so damn frustrating.

No more, no less.

Jeebus...

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Add this to your hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc:

72.232.196.98 pics.bbzzdd.com

I found that manually redirecting it like that greatly improved its reliability; maybe they've got a funky DNS server.

Done. Thank you.

 

[DeviousTrap]

I just took a look at both the server uptime and the dns settings. The server uptime is at 99.701% for the last 6 months, so that's definitely not the issue; however, the dns config appears to be a little bit funky. I just sent dwell an IM and we'll see what we can do about getting those straightened out.

Thanks for the post

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I usually use Flickr, Imageshack, or Picasa Online for sharing ATOT pictures, and those are free and usually more reliable.

Sorry, but Imageshack is a big POS.

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
I just took a look at both the server uptime and the dns settings. The server uptime is at 99.701% for the last 6 months, so that's definitely not the issue; however, the dns config appears to be a little bit funky. I just sent dwell an IM and we'll see what we can do about getting those straightened out.

Thanks for the post

Woo! I'd love to have it fixed. It stopped working for me at the house for about a month, then was good for three of four days, now it's not working again. My brother fooled around with the router for a bit and doesn't thing anything's wrong on our end (which is very weird if that's the case. None of the computers here can get to bbzzdd)

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Sorry, but Imageshack is a big POS.

:thumbsup:

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
I just took a look at both the server uptime and the dns settings. The server uptime is at 99.701% for the last 6 months, so that's definitely not the issue; however, the dns config appears to be a little bit funky. I just sent dwell an IM and we'll see what we can do about getting those straightened out.

Thanks for the post

No, thank you for looking at it! Very cool.

 

[MyThirdEye]

ImgKey.Com <--- a friend and I made that.

 

[DivideBYZero]

It's free. Suck it.