Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 14:27:35 05/28/99
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On May 28, 1999 at 16:08:11, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 28, 1999 at 15:42:14, Tim Mirabile wrote: > >>On May 28, 1999 at 15:18:10, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On May 28, 1999 at 13:28:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>Hi everyone, Hi CCC team. >>>> >>>>I wonder if something can be done to speed up CCC. >>>> >>>>It is currently a pain to read this message board. Loading the main page takes >>>>several minutes, loading a single message takes often more than one minute. >>>> >>>>It's not my ISP. I can access many servers in the world and get fast download >>>>rates (I have a 56K modem). >>>> >>>>I feel frustrated a lot, because even if I spend one hour on CCC everyday (and >>>>that's what I do) all I can read is less than 10% of what is posted. >>>> >>>>And it is very expensive for me, as it is I suppose for many people. >>> >>>I don't know what the problem is; I can access both at home and at work very >>>easily, and viewing messages or the main page only takes a few seconds.... >> >>I also don't see a problem. Our web host is about 1,000 miles from us, in the >>state of Georgia. The main page comes up for us within 2 seconds (default >>filter), and individual messages come up instantly (we have cable access). So >>there is nothing I can do to speed it up from my end. >> >>An alternative for you might be to download the archives, instead of trying to >>read them online. Another trick is to click on message links using a "right >>click", and choosing "open in new window" so that you don't have to download the >>main page after finishing each thread. Also try running a trace route to see if >>there is a problem on one of the hops between you and our server. > > >OK, I suppose there is a problem somewhere in the path... Currently I get >download rates between 200 and 500 bytes/second when I read CCC. And sometimes >nothing happens for a long time (say 10 or 20 seconds). This is really getting >on my nerves. > >This problem is one of the reasons why I declined the moderator job. Reading all >the posts on CCC could easily take me more than 2 hours at this rate. And this >is not new. Things are slow since several months. It's just that since several >days it's getting really really Sloooooow. > >I initially assumed that the bottleneck was the optical cable that links the USA >and the caribbean island, but it looks like it is not the case. > > > Christophe How can I obtain a program that rates the speed of the conexion? Paulo Soares, from Brazil
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