Anyone else notice a lag time on this site lately??

[The Yeti]

I figured with ice fishing here, most would be in this forum. I starting noticing, yesterday actually, a much longer lag time when clicking on forums, links etc., here on FM.. anything change recently?

[Nate McVey]

Just the amount of people interested in ice fishing

[The Yeti]

It's not just the ice fishing forum. All forums seem to affected. I checked my other websites and favorites and they are all working fine..

[wintertim]

Yeah, I've noticed it and was going to post the same question. It's been really, really sluggish. Hopefully it gets rectified soon.

[hanson]

We are definitely aware of the sluggishness.

The number of users that have been accessing the site within the last few days has skyrocketed.

I believe Admin is currently working to speed us up again.

Hang in there!

[hawkeye43]

Could it be possible to set a new record for the most people online at the same time. Who would have thought ice fishing would cause such a stir.

[Jim Almquist]

It could be that Ice Fisherman are bandwidth HOGS

[Sandmannd]

Probably cause everyone is bundled up when talking Ice Fishing. That would use more bandwidth.

[Ryan_V]

it happens every once in a while. as the number of users goes up, which it always does it sometimes becomes sluggish, the admin will work with it and it will be back to normal in no time! really stinks for those of us still on dial up!!

[sparkydm]

dial up? wow! get dsl, it will change your life. i resisted until late last year. now that i have it there's no going back! unless of course it's unavailable where you live. in that case never mind

[slipperybob]

Where I live, dial up is the only choice...If I move 2-3 miles down the road then maybe dsl is an option.

[peerchking]

I better cancel the geek squad

[DTro]

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Where I live, dial up is the only choice...If I move 2-3 miles down the road then maybe dsl is an option.

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I think a good portion of the state that cannot receive cable or DSL, can receive a wireless broadband signal.

If you are out of options, I suggest you look into wireless. I know you can get a satelite signal, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[sparcebag]

Not knowin much about computers I thought it was my machine? Just happy to know it isn't!!

[upnorth]

check out wild blue, a few people up in the boonies around here have it and it definitely better than dial-up.

[gopher_nation]

I have 5 meg DSL and this reminds me of the dial-up from 5 years ago.

The server for the site must be getting pounded, too bad they can't lock out guests/anonymous users

[fishorgolf]

It has nothing to do with dial up. I am on a T1 line and it is still as slowwwwwwwwwww as can be. My guess is the FM server can not handle the traffic.

[prov1900]

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It has nothing to do with dial up. I am on a T1 line and it is still as slowwwwwwwwwww as can be. My guess is the FM server can not handle the traffic.

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Yeah, so all you guys/gals get off the site so I can continue my "research" here at work

[Rick]

It is slow and we are looking at what is possible to add for more resources to take care of the large increase in connections.

[Pikeslayer]

Hey-Hey!! I know what you mean,I thought maybe it was because its cold in this room Im in!I was thinking about putting my Buddy Heater in here to warm up the machine!

[mojocatt]

I've run into a couple of SQL errors today, some unloaded pages, and some slow loads.

But I've also noticed interwub traffic is being a little goofy at home and at work at multiple sites.

[MPH]

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Where I live, dial up is the only choice...If I move 2-3 miles down the road then maybe dsl is an option.

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I think a good portion of the state that cannot receive cable or DSL, can receive a wireless broadband signal.

If you are out of options, I suggest you look into wireless. I know you can get a satelite signal, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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I cannot get cable or DSL so I opted for satellite; Wild Blue. I have no problems and would recommend it to anyone that is in my position.

[maros91]

I have also noticed this site has been sluggish the last couple of days. Hopefully the boys will fix 'er soon.

Get-ir-done.

[Shack]

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cannot get cable or DSL so I opted for satellite; Wild Blue

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I have looked into these in my area. I also can not get high speed, unless I go to qwest. I have north star access and to switch to qwest and get any kind of a deal, I would have to change home and shop number. I am not in a position to do that.

As far as wireless broad band and Satellite, its hard for me at this time in my internet life to have to fork over the larger dollar amounts they want for these services. They may work great, but my $8.95 dial up account works plenty fast for me and what I do. I am not a gamer, video sharer or streamer. Most times, my dial up is almost just as fast on FM as my works high speed has been. I see more sluggishness at work during the day, than at night at home. This could be because of traffic. Since FM is the only site I am ever one (besides checking e-mail, DNR and looking up info), it just works out for me.

May be the broad band and cable gods will bless me soon.

[maros91]

Seems much better now.