It does seem intermittent. OK at the mo.
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Tried that - this was one of the top results:Originally posted by Zippy View PostIt's OK here. Suggest admin Googles 'Internet' if the problems persist.
Britain 'has worse record on internet freedom than Philippines' - Telegraph
It must be the thought police monitoring the site wot's slowing it down
Turned KeepAlive off the other day when server was struggling due to changes with the contract search wizard - have put that back on now. See if that helps, food on the go so back in a bit.Comment
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FTFY.Originally posted by xoggoth View PostThe whole of CUK is slow today due to AndyW dying. Sorry.nomadd liked this postComment
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Have you tried asking NLUK? *Originally posted by administrator View PostTried that - this was one of the top results:
Britain 'has worse record on internet freedom than Philippines' - Telegraph
It must be the thought police monitoring the site wot's slowing it down
Turned KeepAlive off the other day when server was struggling due to changes with the contract search wizard - have put that back on now. See if that helps, food on the go so back in a bit.
* I take it you are aware of the risks involved, you newbie, you.
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Seem OK through 100Mb fibre, but then Spotify was a bitch tonight...
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no problem here
much faster than 'Massive Thai Bazongas'
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In general, slow response or not responding messages for many pages in IE9 seems to be improved by pressing F12 and changing to IE8 mode. Dented my pro MS stance a bit that things seem to work better if you go back a version.bloggoth
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostIn general, slow response or not responding messages for many pages in IE9 seems to be improved by pressing F12 and changing to IE8 mode. Dented my pro MS stance a bit that things seem to work better if you go back a version.
Firefox is flying. No probs.
NB. Also have Adblock, Ghostery and Noscript running, so that's filtering out a ton of 'carp' that might be the source of the slowness.nomadd liked this postComment
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