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RP has always been really slow for me, and now, it's not usable at all. (minutes to get the first page loaded)
I'm running over DSL, and there is not a consistent speed issue with with any other site. It's actually faster with Netscape 7.1 than IE 7 for me (by a large factor).
In reality <soapbox on> websites still need to be "dialup friendly" and not require a high speed connection, if they are looking at a broad user base. Too many folks add stuff that's only usable for high speed connections, but looks pretty.. <soapbox off>
I know the problem is not on my end. Is it my routing to RP or the servers themselves at RP, or the pages at RP? Not my problem to sort out...
Pretty is nice, but we all know pretty rockets crash, and it seems that pretty websites also can't be accessed......
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Just checked and RP loaded on my machine in about 2 secs... I'm on cable with Time Warner (formerly Adlephia).
As far as dial up... I suppose we should still have TV programming in B&W, use 78 laquer records, use 620 Brownie box cameras, and maybe still live in caves? I don't know... I find it amusing that someone in a hobby that can be resonably expensive is (presumably) complaining about the cost of a broadband connection.
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You son, are a twit. It's not what mommy and daddy can pay for your Internet connection, but also what's available. There are still folks that can't get anything other than dialup where they live...
Now go for a drive in the car that mommy and daddy paid for, and learn about people that in a small town. Let me guess - you live in a big city....
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Or not http://www.hughesnet.com /
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Well, not everyone can get inexpensive broadband and some probably choose not to spend $40 a month or more on cable Internet. To some people, that extra $30 a month over dialup can be the difference between flying rockets or not.
Yes, pretty much anyone should be able to get sattelite Internet, but at $60 to $70 a month it is not inexpensive.
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RP loads fine on my PC - no problems. I have a 1.5 megabit DSL connection. What is your connection speed? Is it just RP or is any site loading slow? Are you loaded down with spyware and webbugs?

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I'm having the same problem Alan is. I'm running the same DSL speed, and each page is taking two to three minutes to load. IE7, FF1.5.0.8, Opera 8. Doesn't matter. Tracert shows nothing out of the ordinary. This is happening only with RP.
I doubt it would be Snap, since as I understand it, it is using AJAX technology and shouldn't be interfering with the initial page loading.

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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:58:54 GMT, "Alan Tuskes"

You're not the first one that has accused Darrell of being slow. 8-)
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I just pulled up the main page in about 5 seconds. Butler county, OH, suburbs of Cincinnati.
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Just check some logs on my machine (XP pro, IE 7, McAfee). Seems the HTLM/Javascript at RP isn't that "clean", and errors are logged when I hit the pages.. "Page done (with errors)" shows on the status line of IE 7.
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AZ Woody wrote:

I use XP Home, IE7 and McAfee. IE7 isn't unintelligent, the next time you see "Page done (with errors)", click the icon with the yellow exclamation mark, copy the errors and post them. No other user has stated they get errors nor have I. I want to help, but I can't duplicate your error.
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Darrell D. Mobley wrote:

Running XP Pro sp2, FF 1.5.0.8, AVG 7.5 with 1.5 dsl and having zero troubles with errors/speed. Tomorrow I'll test it out with my SUSE box.
Bet my bottom dollar it's IE7 issue.
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the notorious t-e-d wrote:

I'm runing XP Pro, IE7 with McAfee and PR works fine.
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Nope. On my system it happens on Firefox 1.5.0.8 and Opera 8 as well.
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Roy Green wrote:

Then it has to be routing. But don't tell Woody that.
Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75
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tdstr wrote:

I'm trying to be as hush-hush about it as I can.
;-)
Roy nar12605
(from work, where the problem is not as bad, but RP is still taking 45 secs to a minute)
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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:

Roy,
Whereabouts are you located? This would help in troubleshooting. I'm in MN and no one I know up here has had any speed issues.
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Alpharetta/Johns Creek, GA (far north suburbs of Atlanta)
home is Earthlink, 66.32.x.x work is unknown (tracert is blocked since I think it uses ping msgs). 72.16.x.x
Roy nar12605
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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:

Roy, if you do a trace route from home to 216.130.248.52, you may find that you are routing through Level 3's network, and probably bouncing to Washington, DC before heading west to Dallas. Level 3 has been reporting about 20% packet loss and often impenetrable in the Washington, DC area.
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