DU going tortoise-slow for anyone else?

[hifiguy]

Taking minutes to load sometimes on a very fast public wi-fi line for me.

[KamaAina]

1. A-yup.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Using FireFox's Developer Tools, the embedded player is 75% of the delay, upwards of 29 secs. nt

[hifiguy]

3. Google Chrome here

and it has been wonky for couple of days now.

Skinner changing the hamsters again? More caffiene is needed, maybe?

[Aerows]

13. It is happening under Chrome and Safari

That precludes that it is browser-specific.

Something is really off to cause this great of a slow down. The database can't keep up. To me, that leans toward a software issue, not a network or hardware issue.

Something changed, and it is overloading the sockets to the database OR the database's ability to respond to calls properly.

[janlyn]

4. Yes, for me as well.

I have an android tablet, and this has been going on for days. I thought it was my device.

[MoonRiver]

5. Same here and it has been this way for days.

[Peacetrain]

6. it has been this way for a few days

and FB is loading slow too..

[msongs]

7. no probs working fine. firefox is not blocking flash. if any site is slow it is usually going to be

DU however

[Aerows]

11. I use Chrome and Firefox

Both are molasses for DU, but everything else is robust and quick.

[a la izquierda]

8. Yep, slow as can be.

I use Safari and it's been like this for over a week.

[Oilwellian]

9. Chromer here

Last few days have been very slow. Speeds up at night. I've been getting some housework done in between loads.

[Aerows]

10. Yes, I was griping about it a couple of days ago

Not sure what the problem is, but snails are quicker.

[cyberswede]

12. I use sync.democraticunderground.com when it gets slow

For instance:
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10027067838

[RKP5637]

14. Very slow here off and on for weeks.

DU is the only site with this problem. I have an ISP 25 mps to 50 mps. I've heard a server upgrade is in the works sometime in the future. My background is IT, it feels like the server is thrashing sometimes trying to keep up with loads.