Slow Server Response

[woodsroad]

In the past several days, I've noticed slow response from the pipesmagazine server. I'm not seeing this with other sites, and I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

Here's a ping test, not sure if this is the problem:
Ping results for pipesmagazine.com at 18 Apr 2024 02:34:02 PM : Site24x7 Tools - https://www.site24x7.com/tools/public/t/results-1713476042112.html

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, I've experienced very real slowdowns over the past 3-4 days. It's always been temporary, no more than a half hour or so. (chez moi)

 

[simong]

Intermittent here in .
Could be a Pennsylvanian thing I suppose, could be Chinese or Russian interference. Either way, we’re not missing much. Forum chat is boring & predictable enough, no need to rush it.

 

[jpberg]

Mine is always significantly slower compared to other sites, but we’re talking a few seconds.

 

[das3353]

Frequently, across different devices and networks.

 

[kcghost]

I have noticed it, but it doesn't bother me much.

 

[woodsroad]

Out cable has been spotty, and I thought that might be the culprit. We’ve had a number of very high wind events mixed with heavy rain that has brought down trees and ripped out cable service. Since Comcast now outsources much of it’s construction, full restoration can take weeks to months. The local node was knocked out weeks ago, then patched back with temporary, much smaller cable. Then last week service was taken out again by a massive maple that snapped two poles. Heres a photo of the aftermath of the first big wind storm in January: A large tree came down from across the street, just missing me and my neighbor, who stopped to show me his new truck. The tree fell between us, literally inches from our heads. His wife was in the passenger seat. Nobody was hurt, but underwear was prompted changed.

 

[Lumbridge]

Today it seems fine. A few days ago I had issues with pages taking close to a minute to load. It was pretty cool - kind of a nostalgic throwback to the glory days of dialup and getting kicked off Ultima Online by a telemarketer call.

 

[Old Smokey]

I'm in the hollers so if I have 2 bars on my phone, I'm doing fantastic. We use our hotspots for our laptops.

 

[AJL67]

Esoterica probably dropped somewhere and 80 million people (in china) are flooding every site with anything to do with pipes trying to find drop threads.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Yeah, I’ve noticed the past couple days lagging.
We’ve got 5g internet that can get spotty, but our streaming TV was fine so Tues I checked my phone and got 105 Mbps download speed so it wasn’t that (pages on this site were taking minutes to load at that time).

 

[pylorns]

It was definitely slow when I was working on my article but the backend of Wordpress is always slow so I didn't think anything of it - but yeah... does seem slower - could be the amount of traffic on the site - php/mysql can be a drag on resources if a ton of people are hitting it.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Esoterica probably dropped somewhere and 80 million people (in china) are flooding every site with anything to do with pipes trying to find drop threads.

 

[woodsroad]

Maybe there’s a DOS attack, organized by the UK Anti Tobacco lunatic fringe? Yeah, let’s start that rumor, OK?

 

[Tbaggins]

I’ve noticed as well. Loading and liking posts takes forever.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Perhaps someone should check the servers for mold.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

By slow server, do you mean like when I click to "like" it (or laugh emoji) at something, and it takes like a hot minute for the "like" to register with the website? Because I have noticed this. I will click to "like" something and then switch pages before the "like" goes through.

 

[brian64]

I've definitely noticed this just recently...unusual delayed response time.

 

[AJL67]

Perhaps someone should check the servers for mold.

It's PLUME! Wrong word. Better word: bloom! Plume belongs in the cigar world, and comes from the shape of the bloom- in a cigar, it can be a plume.

 

[AroEnglish]

I noticed it as well. Everyone please stop visiting so often and either go back to work or go to bed.