Are the Stardock servers reaching their limits - or "Captain, she canna take any more"

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Posts in a few recent threads have mentioned that the Forum pages seem to be loading slowly of late. I've noticed that, even on a cable modem, I'm averaging over 30 seconds to load ANY thread. Often, I need to try to load a page twice. This is a relatively new phenomenon. In the FOTR thread (post 2170), kryofx speculated:

I get the feeling that stardock's network is just nearing its limit...
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A few thoughts here:

1. Is this an isolated phenomenon, or is everyone experiencing it?

2. Is it a short-term phenomenon (for instance, as a result of traffic from the stand-alone patch being available) or is it here to stay?

3. What can we do about it?

Brad, Cari, and everyone at Stardock: You'd know better than any of us out here if this is a problem. If storage space is an issue, I suppose that there are many, many threads that are no longer in active use that could be sacrificed for better performance. It seems a shame to wipe out Forum history, but it's clear that this is becoming awkward for many users.

If bandwidth is the issue, on the other hand, I suppose we should be thankful that the game is getting more popular, BUT...
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Some threads, like the Fellowship thread, are taking a while to load for me, but others load quickly. My problem may be with my I-Book, which is what I am using right now, because I've noticed that it has a slower connection than my regular computer. I'll respond again in a few days; whenever I can get on my PC.

(edit)My spelling is pitiful. I think it is correct now.
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The servers are in transition right now from Atlanta to California. That could be the cause.

~SDC~
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
As a poor dial-uping college student, I wouldn't know if they were loading slow. Although sometimes I do notice that they wont load the first time. If i try 5 minutes later they work fine.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
The servers are in transition right now from Atlanta to California. That could be the cause.
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Thanks for the update, Brad. That's quite an extension cord you have there...
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Funny you should say that. It's actually quite a miracle we're even up.

Most SANE websites would just go down for a couple of days. But we actually are duplicating things server by server with DNS changes each day to give the appareance that you're running on the same machine you were before.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Insanity fits this group pretty well, I'd say! :SURPRISED: :sniff!: LOL