Watching water boil...

Well, after reading benevolent tyrant's post I decided to try using internet explorer. As it turns out, I was able to sucessfully recreate the problem. However, I didn't refresh too many times as I didn't want to hammer the server with page requests or anything like that, but I did notice a significant difference in the page processing times between internet explorer and firefox.

For whatever reason, header data seems to process faster on IE (average of 0.019 seconds after a couple page loads, 0.025 average for Firefox). However, the page processes much faster on firefox with an average of around 6 seconds for IE and around 1 second for Firefox.

Not sure if this will help anyone in determining what the problem might be, if there is one, but I thought I'd post it anyway just in case.

UO

Edit: Firefox only has one 'f'....

2nd Edit: Forgot to mention that the 1 second page load was for myATS only, normal page loads are around 0.19 seconds. Despite the difference between those two numbers, myATS still seems to open just as fast as anything else.

[edit on 10-1-2006 by UnknownOrigins]

[edit on 10-1-2006 by UnknownOrigins]

Fair enough, but just to be clear...

IE on myBTS and myPTS are lightening fast. I have NO issues in those locations. Only myATS and a general delay when viewing other pages on ATS proper.


[edit on 10-1-2006 by loam]

Originally posted by loam
Fair enough, but just to be clear...

IE on myBTS and myPTS are lightening fast. I have NO issues in those locations. Only myATS and a general delay when viewing other pages on ATS proper.

Well, this seems a bit odd to me, but I was browsing around in IE again and noticed that Firefox is faster with the ATS domain while IE is faster with PTS and BTS domains. Probably just coincidence but I found it a little funny

My NWO theory is starting to look real good, huh?

Count me in on the sluggishness. It's only happening here and so far I have none of the suspects already listed as culprits.

Edit: Just tried Firefox, and yes - lightening speed. Hmmmmm...

Edit2: Nope I take it back - within minutes I am bogging again.

[edit on 1/10/2006 by Relentless]

[edit on 1/10/2006 by Relentless]

It's Not ATS

At least, not for me. The problem seems to be “out there, in the Wired” upstream of my ISP and apparently centered around an ATT.NET backbone.

Here is a relevant section of a pathping from my machine to ATS. The first seven hops have been omitted for reasons of personal modesty.

8 102ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% qwest-gw.sffca.ip.att.net [192.205.32.81]
9/ 100 = 9% |
9 --- 100/ 100 =100% 91/ 100 = 91% tbr1-p011801.sffca.ip.att.net [12.122.80.65]
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 --- 100/ 100 =100% 91/ 100 = 91% tbr1-cl3.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.122.10.26]
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 --- 100/ 100 =100% 91/ 100 = 91% tbr1-cl20.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.49]
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 --- 100/ 100 =100% 91/ 100 = 91% 12.122.82.37
0/ 100 = 0% |
13 146ms 9/ 100 = 9% 0/ 100 = 0% 12.119.136.14
3/ 100 = 3% |
14 --- 100/ 100 =100% 88/ 100 = 88% vl31.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.30]
0/ 100 = 0% |
15 --- 100/ 100 =100% 88/ 100 = 88% po32.dsr02.dllstx5.theplanet.com [70.85.127.110]
0/ 100 = 0% |
16 179ms 12/ 100 = 12% 0/ 100 = 0% po1.car06.dllstx5.theplanet.com [70.84.160.136]
7/ 100 = 7% |
17 181ms 19/ 100 = 19% 0/ 100 = 0% 150.70-86-59.reverse.theplanet.com [70.86.59.150]

Trace complete.

Here's hoping this “net storm” blows over soon.

There's ignorance that needs denying, dagnabbit.

A cut fiber-optic cable knocked out Sprint Nextel Corp. service Monday for almost a third of the geographic United States, according to an alert issued to customers. All calls initiated west of the Rocky Mountains were affected.
After several hours, service began to be restored, the company said

source

This might be your problem. Even if you're not in the area the re-routing of services could be bogging down where you live.

Originally posted by dbates
This might be your problem. Even if you're not in the area the re-routing of services could be bogging down where you live.

Aha! Well, it's good that we got to the bottom of this then and a good thing it isn't serverside (which I didn't think it was anyway).

UO

Happy to report that all is good and well with the world again....



Instantaneous gratification... Like ATS has always been.

It's better for me, too. Was slow for a few hours last night.

/celebrates

About once a day, usually hideously early in the morning, I get an error where it can't connect to ATS at all. I usually close my browser and try again, and everything is fine again.

It's happening again....at least for me...about two or three days now of utter molasses... No problems with other sites.... Is it just me, or are others having the same issue?

Traffic has been very high lately.

March is already one of our top-ten months.

Excellent! Thanks for responding, SO.

I can live with that.