Hi emmess,
The problem is speed a slow forum is a dead loss and a fast internet connection will not speed up the net or other servers ;D and we have to bear in mind that we have people posting from all over the world, and their journey to this forum could be very long, so if we have buttons, images on another server, they have to wait even longer to download them
My journey starts in Nottingham, England, next stop London England speed fast, then New York USA, after New York things start to slow down ;D also depends on the time in the usa when peeps are sleeping good news ;D but when they log on it all slows down
the best time to surf the net in the UK is from 12 midnight to 6 or 7 am, after that time a lot of web-sites forums seem to slow down too many peeps in the USA on the net ;D
Other forums yes i have 3 for backups including eblah, here is my trip to the forum.....
=== VisualRoute (R) 2005 Server Edition (v9.3e) report on 14-Sep-2005 01:16:22 ===
Report for
freereiki.proboards43.com [67.15.50.18]
Analysis: 'freereiki.proboards43.com' [ev1s-67-15-50-18.ev1servers.net] was found in 16 hops (TTL=47).
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| Hop | %Loss | IP Address | Node Name | Location | Tzone | ms | Graph | Network |
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| 0 | | 82.165.231.24 | vps.visualware.com | ... | | | | Schlund + Partner AG |
| 1 | | 10.255.255.253 | - | ... | | 27 | -x-------- | (private use) |
| 2 | | 217.160.229.65 | ge-020.gw-backbone-a.nyc.schlund.net | New York, NY, USA | -05:00 | 0 | x | Schlund + Partner AG |
| 3 | | 213.248.83.25 | nyk-i3-geth3-5.telia.net | ... | | 0 | x | Telia International Carrier |
| 4 | | 213.248.82.145 | nyk-bb1-geth1-3-1.telia.net | ... | | 0 | x | Telia International Carrier |
| 5 | | 213.248.82.158 | abovenet.k.telia.net | ... | | 0 | x | Telia International Carrier |
| 6 | | 64.125.27.138 | so-5-0-0.cr2.lga1.us.above.net | New York, NY, USA | -05:00 | 0 | x | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 7 | | 64.125.28.65 | so-1-0-0.mpr2.iad1.us.above.net | Dulles, VA, USA | -05:00 | 6 | x | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 8 | | 64.125.28.129 | so-1-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net | Washington, DC, USA | -05:00 | 7 | x- | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 9 | | 64.125.29.121 | so-0-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net | Washington, DC, USA | -05:00 | 6 | x | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 10 | | 64.125.28.50 | so-5-0-0.mpr2.atl6.us.above.net | Atlanta, GA, USA | -05:00 | 18 | x- | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 11 | | 64.125.27.49 | so-0-0-0.mpr1.atl6.us.above.net | Atlanta, GA, USA | -05:00 | 17 | x- | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 12 | | 64.125.29.70 | so-4-0-0.mpr2.iah1.us.above.net | Houston, TX, USA | | 39 | x- | Abovenet Communications, Inc ABOVENET |
| 13 | | 216.200.251.162 | t289.216-200-251-162.iah1.us.above.net | Houston, TX, USA | | 42 | x | EV1/RACKSHACK ABOV-T289-216-200-251-160-29 |
| 14 | | 66.98.241.29 | gphou-66-98-241-29.ev1.net | Houston, TX, USA | | 42 | x | Everyones Internet, Inc. EVRY-BLK-14 |
| 15 | | 66.98.241.126 | gphou-66-98-241-126.ev1.net | Houston, TX, USA | | 42 | x | Everyones Internet, Inc. EVRY-BLK-14 |
| 16 | | 67.15.50.18 |
freereiki.proboards43.com | ?Houston, TX, USA | | 42 | x | Everyones Internet, Inc. EVRY-BLK-15 |
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so you know that this forums server is in Huston TX, USA ;D to see how many trips you make and were it all slows down please click on the link, there are many shareware progs that do the same thing only better ;D
visualroute.visualware.com/love,
Mick