Once again, PW is getting VERY SLOW to Reload, anybody else notice the lack of speed?

[old man]

Awful today.

[Andy H]

Just found it was running slow so I checked who was active on the site and there are 77 pages of 30 viewing the forum mostly guest's that's over 2000 plus , No wonder it's running slow.

[welsh1]

I have noticed that I have no trouble on my pixel phone or windows laptop, I clear cookies and browsing on both regularly. 

on my galaxy 10 pad it was very slow, cleared browsing data and cookies and it's working faster.

[Cosmicblue]

The performance of your connection to the internet will be a significant factor in an individuals perception of the speed of this site - especially  with regard to something called 'latency' or the amount of time it takes for a request to leave your computer travel across the internet to the PW server and return data back to you.   If you have a slow connection or are sharing your connection with other devices then it is going to seem slow.

You could do a free Broadband speed test to get an idea of the available performance:

Ookla Speed Test

 

Mine looks like this:

Edited March 2 by Cosmicblue

[welsh1]

I have a download of 400 and upload of 100,  so that's not a factor for me.

[JKD]

The problem is intermittent for me,,,, and others too going by previous comments.

It's very fast for 4 - 5 minutes, then it goes extremely slow to load pages and go back on pages for approx 4 - 5 minutes. Then back to loading pages fast, and so on,,,,,

No other website I look at has the same issue as when looking on PW.

So a good assumption is that it is PW that has the issue, and it has nothing to do with overall Internet connection/speed etc.

[Miserableolgit]

Been intermittently hanging - not loading at all for mr today both on my iPhone and MacBook Pro.

[shaun4860]

1 hour ago, JKD said:

The problem is intermittent for me,,,, and others too going by previous comments.

It's very fast for 4 - 5 minutes, then it goes extremely slow to load pages and go back on pages for approx 4 - 5 minutes. Then back to loading pages fast, and so on,,,,,

No other website I look at has the same issue as when looking on PW.

So a good assumption is that it is PW that has the issue, and it has nothing to do with overall Internet connection/speed etc.

Mines the same

[Andy H]

just done a speed test , Download 299mps and upload 50.99 so no problem this end  , As before maybe the amount of guest's are slowing it down.

[JKD]

6 minutes ago, Andy H said:

just done a speed test , Download 299mps and upload 50.99 so no problem this end  , As before maybe the amount of guest's are slowing it down.

But,,,, the guest numbers don't change as much as the page loading slows down/speeds up 🤷 It is so regularly intermittent, I could time boiling an egg to it 😔

Edited March 2 by JKD

[TIGHTCHOKE]

EVERYTHING else I use on my computer works as expected.

PW does not.

It is TERRIBLY slow.

[old man]

6 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

EVERYTHING else I use on my computer works as expected.

PW does not.

It is TERRIBLY slow.

Same scenario here, it just seems related to PW?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Well, I have just turned on the computer and signed on and at the moment it is working as it should.

Hopefully whatever has been done has solved it.

 

It would be nice to be told what the problem was though.

[Flyboy1950]

Today, so far, its working fine.

Yesterday was abysmal, took ages to refresh and load topics.

Everything else on my network works just fine. 

Come on Pigeonwatch get this sorted out! It's been going on far too long.

FB

[Wymondley]

10 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

EVERYTHING else I use on my computer works as expected.

PW does not.

It is TERRIBLY slow.

Same for me over the weekend.

Seems to be an intermittent problem.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Well, I have just turned on the computer and signed on and at the moment it is working as it should.

Hopefully whatever has been done has solved it.

 

It would be nice to be told what the problem was though.

Unfortunately that good service didn't last very long and things are now back to the "NEW NORMAL" of being very slow.

[JKD]

This is happening on my mobile Internet too, so definitely a PW issue.

[JKD]

Today it is dreadfully slow,,,, more slow loading than fast loading pages 🤔

[Penelope]

Just now, JKD said:

Today it is dreadfully slow,,,, more slow loading than fast loading pages 🤔

For me in varies throughout the day; currently ok.

[Cornish lad]

Of all the forums I go on Pigeon watch is the only one that takes ages most days to get onto down here in Gods county 

[oldypigeonpopper]

On 02/03/2025 at 23:38, TIGHTCHOKE said:

EVERYTHING else I use on my computer works as expected.

PW does not.

It is TERRIBLY slow.

Hello, Slow, Its like a Snail walking a tight rope over the Thames for me !!!!

[old man]

On 02/03/2025 at 23:38, TIGHTCHOKE said:

EVERYTHING else I use on my computer works as expected.

PW does not.

It is TERRIBLY slow.

Same scenario here, it just seems related to PW?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Yes, just PW and slowly getting worse.

[steve_b_wales]

It's the same for me, sadly. I checked other sites and they load very quickly, even for my non fibre broadband connection.

[ditchman]

intermittent for me also........i have just clared my history (2 weeks worth)....and it seems better.....time will tell