When someone has a web site, they buy the Infopoop discussion board from Infopop. What you get in the deal is one of their boards, from a wide choice of packages. They actually host the board on their servers. It looks like the discussion board is on whatever site, but it really is a link to another server. When Infopop's server load is high, then all boards slow down.

This particular board has a newer Infopop than some others.

I have a couple of website which don't have the postings here, but we get slowed down also with Infopop.

Sometimes, however, if a site has massive postings, it hits bandwidth limitations of the site itself (before even getting to Infopop's servers). You will then get a bunch of unintelligible rubbish on your screen. Now that is something a site can do something about by purchasing additional bandwidth if they choose to do so.

Does this help?

Sure.

All of the details are on InfoPop's site.

As far as bandwidth due to numbers of posts....this can be partially alleviated by pruning old pages out of the system.

I think the one we're familiar with no goes back almost 56 pages last visit.

None of that addresses user-friendliness issues, however.

On server plans? Dedicated servers can be purchased. But it is up to the purchasing site to make the upgrade, not the server hosts.

In the end, its all about dollars and incentive. Long after I'm forgotten about, the place in question will still (mis)operate the same. Such is life.

HAL, like you said earlier, it's upgrade or die !!! When I worked for a cable company in St Paul, I took care of the "Institutional Network". It was a broadband cable network mainly used for internet access, node access, cable in the classroom, and some school to school classroom sessions. At that point, it was 56 amplifiers deep from the headend to the fartherest school.It was completely coax cable. Being in a major city, the cable plant was subject to ingress from local FM radio stations, TV stations and anything from 30 MHz to 300 MHz (your FM band). This included electrical noise generated by welders, harmonics of HF radios, etc. The cable system was close to losing their permit from the city of St Paul. They HAD to upgrade. When they upgraded, it meant the conversion of the existing cable plant to a newer technology, Hybrid Fiber-Coax. For the layman, it means there were only a maximum of 10 coaxial amplifiers before it hit a fiber optic node. From that node, it goes back to the headend on light. It fixed almost ALL of the problems with the maintenance intensive two way coax plant !! Once again, it meant to the company, "upgrade or DIE" !!

Oh, here's a question for you geeks, (and Grae Wolfe, shhh, I believe you may know the answer), which is faster, RF or light ?? Now, if you are truly into geekiness, answer why !!

Any company that sleeps in its own inertia will eventually lose.

These are message boards. But they are also part of business.

I think that one company we refer to has gotten so large that it cannot or will not do anything about it. It's that corporate mentality of 'tough it; that's how it is. Deal with it.'.

A point that was illustrated by TongoRad. He baited no one. Just exposed an attitude that is contrary to good business practice.

Assisting the members is not a priority. It was even stated. Coming from a customer-service background, I detest that.

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Originally posted by HAL9000:
Any company that sleeps in its own inertia will eventually lose.

These are message boards. But they are also part of business.

I think that one company we refer to has gotten so large that it cannot or will not do anything about it. It's that corporate mentality of 'tough it; that's how it is. Deal with it.'.

A point that was illustrated by TongoRad. He baited no one. Just exposed an attitude that is contrary to good business practice.

Assisting the members is not a priority. It was even stated. Coming from a customer-service background, I detest that.

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HAL, that's the military or large corporation mentality rubbing off. I think that the management would be concerned were they to find out that people were leaving and as to why. Military.com does have a good thing going with their associations, buddy finder and general news. It's really the discussion boards that are lacking. It's kind of sad because it's really an easy fix!!

That was my whole point.

Easy fix. And relatively inexpensive from a corporate standpoint.

As much as most of us being Vets and Active duty on message boards, I'm just not of the opinion that they should be run like the Military. This is NOT the Military.

But hey. This is only my opinion. I've been a civvie for a long time now.

Well, I'm SURE you know how I feel, even though I'm a lifer It pisses me off to NO end that people get banned for STUPID reasons, the first amendment rights don't truly exist, and the cliques there irk the hell out of me. Hell, I even said my piece about Yogi being banned there. Of course, he came back and got into fighting or something with someone again. Some ideals in me are left or centrist, but most are right. I sure don't like the "My Board, my rules" attitude they have there.

Agreed about the attitude.

BUT...they're welcome to have it just as we are free to expose it, comment on it, criticize it.

THAT is First Amendment in action.

Don't know what the future holds, but I sure in the hell am lovin it take place right now.