The number of bytes it now takes to load the forum page. It's about 4 times from the first reincarnation of the new forums. The current view has 3 sides of heavy graphics... These forums may be painful to dialup users.
As such, just take advantage of the forum and topic you need. If you post a question, subscribe to it so you get a notice someone has replied.
Bob
the forum changes. I am using dial up, earthlink for 6 years. Using win 98 SE on an old P2L97 PII333. Site worked fine since they first went to the new software, but the change to the name .
I can go to a forum [can take a few seconds or a minute]. I can be in a thread reading posts, read three in a row and then can't get to read the next for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes [absolutely no exaggeration, just listen to me swearing at it].
I'm using a USR full processor modem, Conects report 42k to 44 k. I also have netper sec so can see a graph of "instantaneous" activity. When the page doesn't open there is only a very short burst every little while.
Is it possible that the forum software favors broadband??? Years ago with earthlink [mindspring] had a similar problem and they confirmed that they had rearranged their modems and I was going in dialup to a modem that was intended for broadband. They gave me a different phone number to end the problem.
The present problem is ONLY with the CNET forums.
When I hit the big delays I immediately go to OE and hit send receive to make sure the connection is still good [it always is], I can also go elsewhere.
Have I failed to install some MS patch or?? for networking or dialup or????

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