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#221421 10-Aug-2017 10:57

Geekzone has become noticeably slow to respond for me the last day or so. If I click reply or refresh it can take a few seconds before anything happens. This was not previously the case for me. My own speed tests are all over the place and generally down on what they previously were, but still high enough that it shouldn't affect GZ page loads. Is there anything unusual going on here?

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#1843403 10-Aug-2017 10:59

Hmmm. Nope. It could be anything - your ISP, your connection, WiFi/ethernet, location, etc...

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#1843422 10-Aug-2017 11:18

Has your RBI dropped to 3G?

Are you using an Ad-Blocker?

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#1843423 10-Aug-2017 11:18

OK, thanks. I will make an offering to the gods.

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#1843425 10-Aug-2017 11:21

coffeebaron:

Has your RBI dropped to 3G?

Are you using an Ad-Blocker?

No, yes, I just checked and the 4G RBI signal seems stronger than usual. I do use uBlock Origin but I'm not aware of any changes there.

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#1843427 10-Aug-2017 11:23

Working fine here in Argentina on crappy hotel Wi-Fi

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#1843430 10-Aug-2017 11:28

What I notice is a long pause with a notification at the bottom of the screen 'waiting for Geekzone' or something to that effect.

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#1843433 10-Aug-2017 11:33

I am going to agree here. I have noticed it has been a bit slower lately than normal. Loading this thread took ~8sec and is showing 6sec on the Chrome timeline. This is on a Chromebook where it was normally almost instant.

This is what the waterfall looks like - bare in mind I have a network based ad blocker running else my sister infects her PC with malware but this is with no ad blocking extensions running on the Chromebook:

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#1843436 10-Aug-2017 11:34

Since the OP is a subscriber, I assume the ads aren't being loaded.

Please go to https://testip.geekzone.co.nz/ and tell me what's the value for HTTP_CF_RAY

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#1843442 10-Aug-2017 11:39

No, I don't see ads. I tried switching browsers just in case it might be something in the cache but it doesn't seem any better. Here is the value with Chrome: 38be89024c5465ab-SYD

This is the value with Slimjet, my main browser at present: 38be8c428c0f65db-SYD

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#1843448 10-Aug-2017 11:42

What about now? @michaelmurfy can you do another waterfall on your connection please?

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#1843451 10-Aug-2017 11:43

Also note Cloudflare is currently re-routed to Sydney.

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#1843454 10-Aug-2017 11:44

Probably @Rikkitic just hit when my bulk post uploader was doing its thing.

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#1843455 10-Aug-2017 11:44

Instantly so much more responsive -

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#1843462 10-Aug-2017 11:53

Better here: 38be9fa19d8e6569-SYD

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#1843682 10-Aug-2017 17:18

Ive noticed some significant slowness today, both at work and at home.

Just doing some testing, getting into forums is fine but accessing threads takes a long time.

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