Rubbish connection today

[Gary]

Are you volunteering?

I have changed DNS servers enough today to last a lifetime Rik  

[Gary]

http://www.shareprice.co.uk is slow to resolve.

Yes same here Glenn. 

[Steve]

I agree this issue is not DNS dependent.

BTW I can't ping http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/ with Norton DNS 100% fail.

[Steve]

I have changed DNS servers enough today to last a lifetime Rik  

I don't know which way you switch DNS on the Mac Gary but I have them all available under 'location' so it's pretty instantaneous.

[Rik]

http://www.shareprice.co.uk is slow to resolve.

Like many sites today, initial display is quite quick, say 4 seconds, but then it takes another 10 seconds or so to complete the page.

[Gary]

I don't know which way you switch DNS on the Mac Gary but I have them all available under 'location' so it's pretty instantaneous.

I had them set via the router Steve, that way it was a one switch to cover all machines in the house rather than configure each one individually.

[Rik]

I have changed DNS servers enough today to last a lifetime Rik  

I know how you feel...

[Rik]

I had them set via the router Steve, that way it was a one switch to cover all machines in the house rather than configure each one individually.

I've been running different DNS on different machines so I can make instant comparisons - it hasn't shown any real sign of being a DNS problem.

[Gary]

I know how you feel...

I'm into overtime here, and with my meds due soon it will be over and out.

[Glenn]

To my mind, it's a troublesome router somewhere.

[Gary]

I've been running different DNS on different machines so I can make instant comparisons - it hasn't shown any real sign of being a DNS problem.

The only thing I noticed was that Nortons DNS caused more issues this morning, but they all played up at some point. Norton checks each DNS lookup against a list of known bad sites, so maybe thats why its worse? Norton seems to use the Servers in Amsterdam and Germany more than the UK one.

[armadillo]

http://www.shareprice.co.uk is slow to resolve.

I would say it's quick to resolve but slow to load.

I get "Waiting for [...]"
Sits there like that
Then stuff happens (transferring data from [...])
Then Waiting for [different url]
Then stuff happens again.

[pctech]

Shareprice loads ok from a  1 Gbps fibre connection (am at work)

[Rik]

Same here, Dill, and on other sites which draw images from a second server.

[Gary]

Same here, Dill, and on other sites which draw images from a second server.

Same here, its always waiting for...and if you refresh you may get lucky of be waiting for a different something or another the next time, I have lost count on the variations Deviant art has

[armadillo]

Yes Rik, images from a second server are a problem today - e.g the dpreview forums have images on various servers.

[Rik]

Same here, its always waiting for...and if you refresh you may get lucky of be waiting for a different something or another the next time, I have lost count on the variations Deviant art has

There are many deviations.  

[Rik]

Yes Rik, images from a second server are a problem today - e.g the dpreview forums have images on various servers.

We're seeing it here too, Dill, if people have photobucket etc images in their sig.

[Gary]

Same here, Dill, and on other sites which draw images from a second server.

I get hooked on i33.photobucket.com  again when I un-adblock it here at idnetters.

What Rik said

[Gary]

HMV wont load for me at the moment.

[Rik]

Or me.

[Rik]

Eventually loaded after 20 seconds.

[Gary]

Or me.

This is getting ridiculous Rik, someone somewhere must have a clue, is there a Internet Ghostbusters   Seriously though I am getting so fed up now. This has been happening on and off since last night.

[esh]

I don't think this is site specific. I expect it can happen to almost any site but it seems to change from one moment to the next. I wonder if LINX is behaving itself today. I can potentially list sites where I've seen it happen today but it will be a very large list I suspect.

[Aaron]

Internet's been slow all day, just changed DNS on PC to Google's and it's been fine for the last 5 minutes.