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Is it just my PC or is Mumsnet slower lately?

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PussinJimmyChoos · 17/05/2008 21:28

Pages are taking ages to load/refresh....

I may end up internet shopping while I'm waiting and will have to ask Mnet to fit the bill for any Jimmy Choos I may order.....

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soapbox · 31/05/2008 16:34

Oops - wrong thread

soapbox · 31/05/2008 16:33

Have you looked at holidays uncovered Twig?

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YetMoreTech · 19/05/2008 13:08

For anyone still having problems, please see:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1374/533151

PinkChick · 19/05/2008 12:19

just took a good 3-4 minutes to get from one page to the next..........

onepieceoflollipop · 19/05/2008 11:45

I think what happened yesterday was that all our dhs/dps e-mailed MNHQ and pleaded for them to do something so we didn't spend so long on the site on a Sunday.

Now it is Monday we are "allowed" (only kidding obviously)

littlelapin · 19/05/2008 11:43

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onepieceoflollipop · 19/05/2008 11:42

Mine was awful yesterday but absolutely fine today. (just in case that is helpful info)

I use IE, I haven't blocked any ads or done anything different today.

littlelapin · 19/05/2008 11:40

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PinkChick · 19/05/2008 10:35

just took a while to open 'products' with the sainsburies feed your family for a fier ad????

PinkChick · 19/05/2008 10:28

mine was painfully slow yesterday, but seems fine today?..so dont know what was causing it, but somethings changed?, couldnt tell you what ad it may have been as it happend everytime i added a post, went to active convo's, threads im on..everything???

alibubbles · 19/05/2008 10:20

Very slow yesterday in particular.I am using Firefox on a mac.

robinpud · 19/05/2008 00:13

scoobi- that's the message I was getting at the bottom but I fell asleep waiting before it actually loaded.

QuintessentialShadows · 18/05/2008 23:09

Yes. The site would look nice with a pink background.

Scoobi6 · 18/05/2008 23:08

I installed adblocker this evening and MN instantly sped right up. But I can still see ads and they are working fine, including:

easyjet
TCP
holidayauto.co.uk
t-mobile
kinderhotels
nationwide
O2
cancer research uk
JoJo Maman Bebe
Sainsburys

Presumably adblocker is doing something, because the page loads straight away now. Before, I had to wait minutes with a "contacting something ad-related" message at the bottom of the browser.

I'm using firefox on XP with broadband if that helps. When I use firefox on Vista off the same modem I don't have a problem.

Sidge · 18/05/2008 23:06

QS - Maybe everyone has gone over to the Dark Side and they'll all come back demanding tickers, twinkles and fluffiness!!

QuintessentialShadows · 18/05/2008 23:02

Sidge, I suspect either folks are installing firefox and adblocker, or making babycentre/netmums unsafe.....

I have got it working.

But, oh blush, I had to let DH browse netmums and experience the issues for himself to fix it for me.

Luckily he chose innocuous threads about stairgates and the like....

zippitippitoes · 18/05/2008 23:01

well its interesting because there have been discussion about whether it wwas ads in the past and information past on

Sidge · 18/05/2008 22:57

It's better now.

Has everyone gone to bed or summat?

WendyWeber · 18/05/2008 22:56

MN was excruciatingly slow most of the afternoon - is fine now - have you switched something off at MN Towers?

Twinklemegan · 18/05/2008 22:51

I don't understand - I don't have an adblocker, I'm on 31kbs dial-up and it's perfectly fine. Just as quick as ever and pretty much as quick as when I had broadband.

MNHQ
JustineMumsnet · 18/05/2008 22:47

Oh bleedin hell - if you all install ad blockers we'll go bust. There must ben a problem with one of our agency ads downloading slowly or something - we are seriously thinking of binning the run of site ads from them - it will cost us some revenue but the whole slowing down of the site thing is really unacceptable... anyway we'll look into it. What really helps is if you can identify any particular ads that are stalling the site, so we can report them to the agency.
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MNHQ

Scoobi6 · 18/05/2008 22:17

Was getting to the point that I couldn't be bothered any more too today, until I saw this thread and installed adblocker. Many thanks - gone from minutes to seconds thread loading

MN Towers I don't mind ads, and find the MN ones generally unobtrusive and relevant. But they mean I can't use MN at all from my mobile while commuting (which would be the main time I would use it) and I was getting close to giving up at home too. Which is counter-productive surely?

Hobo · 18/05/2008 22:06

Mine's speeded up to!

umberella · 18/05/2008 22:05

This is driving me round the twist too. It isn't happening on any other site......am using Firefox but going to give up for tonight as it's starting to really make me TETCHY!!!!!!!

littlelapin · 18/05/2008 22:05

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