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I have been putting of posting this for awhile, but figured I would now. Is the site abnormally slow for anyone else? When I click a post it takes 10-20 seconds to load at times and when I make a post it takes that long as well. I know it isn't my network speed I have 40/40. I have no firewalls either. Everything else I peruse daily loads basically instantly. Is it just the forum software?
Wes
Slow for me too. Always has been...feel like it probably always will be.
Not that this is the only forum that seems like that. I feel like many fora are fairly slow-like.
It has always been in the 10-15 second timeframe for me.
Slow for me too. Always.
same for me..........
+1
Yeah, it's on and off for myself. But always slow when I post.
Always been kind of slow for me, not intolerable, but not the fastest site/forum I'm on either.
Me too.
I believe it has something to do with the server used, something that Kevin would have to chime in to confirm! But Collin is correct, I am on a number of different forums and they all tend to be slow!
Slow? I guess Time-Warner is making good on their promise to keep me on the low speed of things. Everything I go to takes 10 seconds to load. Thank god streaming is fine.
-Jason
i'll confirm with you guys it's slow for me too, if were all using windows well enough said hahaha.
the Internet is finally overloaded 
The site is currently a victim of it's own success.
I'm sorry for the slowness. I find myself cursing at my own site on a daily basis.
I appreciate everyone's patience until I can budget for a new server.
I totally blew out the budget this year with several unplanned, un-budgeted-for trips.
I do not regret the following trip this year. They were fun, the people were great, and I got great content for the site. However, they each cost between $1,000 - $1,800 to do, and none were in the original budget. (Maybe I should go into politics with my natural ability to go over-budget.)
1. January - Seattle Pipe Club 10th Anniversary
2. February - St. Louis Pipe Show
3. June - Kansas City Pipe Show (Hopefully, the article will be done today.)
So, that's about $4,500 over-budget for the first half of the year.
Sorry for the long answer, but I feel a little better getting that off my chest. 
Success is always a double-edged sword, Kevin--but I'm glad that I'm part of this (rapidly) growing community and very appreciative of all the content that you're bringing forth, and glad for you that you're able to pursue this passion on our behalf. Kudos, friend. 
I have noticed the forums a little slower than norm, but it's not intolerable. I would say that show coverage is just as important as upgrading servers and I appreciate every aspect of the business you've created, Kevin.
Just look at the slow time as time to enjoy a few more puffs on the pipes!
@Kevin
Would having it hosted in the "cloud" be affordable? Bandwidth can be scaled up or down
as needed by the host.
Always been slow for me. 2 other forums I am on are not slow. Not really a problem for me. I just do something else for 15 secs or so.
it really isnt that big of a deal for me. i am normally doing other things on the computer when i hit "send post", in fact i will be on facebook or something talking about how slow this site is 
Faster and more reliable than reddit, slower than Facebook. I'd say it's in a pretty good sweet spot.
As long as members aren't making up rhymes to describe error codes I'd say you're doing a good job, Kevin. On reddit, it's "502, it went through. 504, try once more." I think you've actually got more uptime than twitter.
If those of you experiencing delays would pony-up and pay for the premium subscription
you would find the uncrippled version of the website much faster. I know that ever since I've
been sending Bob my 10 bucks a month things have been much better, and I get all the extra
features too, like the Pipe Babes' phone numbers.
I placed an order for a new upgraded server. I am hoping to have it in place by the end of the month.
Bubba must be ponying up more than that $10, cortez. He has one of the pipe babes #'s and he gets to live with her. You need to pay Bob more if you want THAt kind of service... LOL!
-Jason
Slow for me, too, but since I am happily smoking my pipe, I seem to be patient with it.
Slow here too, but nothing I can't deal with...the site is worth the wait.
At my age and condition I don't worry about the site being slow. My only worry about slow would be the ambulance if I needed one.
Cortezattic Said:
If those of you experiencing delays would pony-up and pay for the premium subscription
you would find the uncrippled version of the website much faster. I know that ever since I've
been sending Bob my 10 bucks a month things have been much better, and I get all the extra
features too, like the Pipe Babes' phone numbers.
Lordnoble Said:
Bubba must be ponying up more than that $10, cortez. He has one of the pipe babes #'s and he gets to live with her. You need to pay Bob more if you want THAt kind of service... LOL!
LOL 
the quality is what is important and beyond a doubt the quality is here
I placed an order for a new upgraded server. I am hoping to have it in place by the end of the month.
I thought it was just my iphone, (where I usually post from), but i'm on my MAC and it takes about 10 -15 seconds after I hit "send post" for it to load and reload...kinda annoying, but could be worse...
(This post took about 19 seconds to show?)
i've got shared server space for some of my sites - i'd be glad to lend a hand helping out with the site or anything if ever needed!
The site went down for a bit, was this the server switch!?
Yep. We are definitely faster now.
Hmmm. the forums still seem to lag, but the article content is faster.
The site is so much faster, hats off to you!
The forums are a little faster, but the posting still feels slow to me.
It might be because of the sending all the notification emails out to everyone subscribed to the thread.
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Whenever I click on a profile it takes me to a blank page. It does not seem to matter whether or not we are already "friends".
re: northartist - Scroll downto the bottom. You'll see it. That's what I have to do...
On another note, I see no difference in speed in the forums. I blame Time-Warner.
-Jason
*Edit* - Hit the submit button too fast.. As usual...
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lordnoble - found it, thanks! wow that was way the hell down there, too.
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