Are you slowing down too?

by ParisB on June 9, 2008

I’ve been having lots of problems surfing around the internet lately including accessing my emails which are primarily through Gmail, and accessing my rss reader which is Google reader. When I log into my Gmail account, I keep getting that dreaded “loading” sign and in Firefox, a status bar that fills up halfway, then tells me its taking too long to load and I should switch to a html viewer.Granted, this takes care of the email element, but it also cuts me off from my gmail chat buddies.

I’ve also found that many sites out there are loading very slowly too. If they have lots of images it gets worse. I don’t think its Streamyx (although I’d love to blame anything on Streamyx!) so I’d like to know if anyone is having this problem too?

Are you having problems with the internet or is it just me?

Tell me I’m not living in a twilight zone please?

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{ 11 comments }

kimberlycun June 9, 2008 at 5:23 pm: same!
rinnah June 9, 2008 at 5:54 pm: I’ve experienced some slowdown (noticably in Gmail) when surfing lately, but thought that it was just me and my very intermittent Screamyx connection in the area while I live.
LB June 9, 2008 at 7:02 pm: It’s the petrol price hikes.. All their fault!
*points finger randomly*
simplylah June 9, 2008 at 9:30 pm: i’ve been experiencing the same thing too, and thought that maybe it’s just me.
winn June 9, 2008 at 11:06 pm: paris! hey hi…..*shakes hand again*. hehe…..welcome me…where’s the red carpet..? jk!

no lumix for u? lumix bagus. i have ‘bLurberry’ lumix wut..:P

not only the connection is slow…me also slow.esp waking up to go to work that time.
Russell June 10, 2008 at 3:21 am: Same! Gmail and GReader have been tremendously slow through Firefox. But when I used Safari, they were much better but still not great.
giddy tigress June 10, 2008 at 9:53 am: Same here! And I thought I was the only one! I have been frantically switching between Safari, Firefox and IE to get the best response time… SIGH.
ParisB June 10, 2008 at 10:34 am: Kimberlycun: Sucks doesn’t it?

Rinnah: This is a sure sign that we are too used to bad connections, that we don’t even notice a general slowdown in the internet but simply blame it on our provider!

LB: ROFLOL!!! I love this answer!

simplylah: We all thought we were alone.

Winn: Hiya! So nice to meet you No Lumix unfortunately. Too much noise for dim lighting shots and I’m also slow in the mornings hehe…

Russell: No Safari here, but hoping for better streaming times soon.

Giddy Tigress: Funny how we all thought we were alone. Its nice to know we aren’t!
Adino June 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm: I face the same thing at my home Streamyx connection too. It’s impossible to access GMail at home some times.

Facebook is still ok though *phew*
pablopabla June 11, 2008 at 2:15 pm: With the fuel hike, even the internet is crawling! Bah!
zewt June 27, 2008 at 2:56 pm: yes, even gmail chat is going on and off… my guess would everyone is staying home and surf net and not driving around the city.