I need to whine

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 1:13 PM EDT

Need to whine about something....all week I've been having constant trouble with baseball websites..BA, BR, Fangraphs, BP, everything. They all seem to load very slowly, if they load at all. It's happening on both of my computers. Virus scans are negative, I've rebooted, everything is updated, etc. so I don't think there is something wrong with my systems. It was also happening to Facebook a few days ago although that seems better now. SB Nation websites and most other non-baseball things seem unaffected, although Youtube and other Google things are balky.

Has anyone else noticed this? The worst for me seem to be BR and fangraphs, which is extremely annoying when I'm trying to write.

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I've had the opposite trouble

Fangraphs loads quickly, but the SBN sties load very slow.

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by 49er16 on Sep 29, 2025 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

same here

Usually I agree but Arcia could probably hit a bounced pitch out of the park right now. -KBR

by Archie A on Sep 29, 2025 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

interesting

I knew they were having some tech problems a few days ago but the tech team stamped it out. Let me know if things stay slow and I will mention it to them.

I wonder if there is some sort of general internet attack going on right now…Skynet or something.

I’m very frustrated, it is cutting into my productivity pretty bad the last couple of days.

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

You're next Sickels

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by 49er16 on Sep 29, 2025 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Recently, the tubes have been uncharacteristically slow for me as well

I’m in the Skynet line.

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by marcello on Sep 29, 2025 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions

what type of connection do you have John?

are your 2 computers connected both to a router and the router to a modem?

in my DSL by going to http://192.168.0.1/ which is the address of your dsl modem or something like that, I can see the downstream speed. last week youtube and other online videos were balky and when I checked the downstream speed was lower than supposed. after seeing that, I closed the modem (with the on/off switch) and restarted it after a minute and all was ok afterwards.

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by The Wizard on Sep 29, 2025 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

stuff

I’ve shut the modem and router off a few times with no apparent effect.

My entire ISP was down for awhile yesterday, so I’m wondering if there is something going on with the local internet architecture.

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Do you use firefox?

Firefox has absolutely sucked recently for me. Every update makes it worse.

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by alskor on Sep 29, 2025 2:42 PM EDT reply actions

I use Google Chrome

and I haven’t really had any issues with any of those sites. I seem to have less problems with it than any other browser I’ve used in the past.

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by gatling on Sep 29, 2025 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Should I make the switch? Does it have any nice features?

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by JDSussman on Sep 29, 2025 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

They're essentially equal...

If you’re used to Firefox, just stick with it. There’s no practical difference.

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by Franchise887 on Sep 29, 2025 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I was under the impression that Chrome about 33% faster at loading sites

Check this link for a nice comparison between Chrome, Firefox, and IE 9.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/

by JayWise on Sep 29, 2025 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry, accidentally double clicked

by JayWise on Sep 29, 2025 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I was under the impression that Chrome about 33% faster at loading sites

Check this link for a nice comparison between Chrome, Firefox, and IE 9.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/

by JayWise on Sep 29, 2025 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm sure there are tons of features out there that I don't use

I’ve been using Chrome for quite awhile now, probably close to two years(started when they first released it). I had many problems with Firefox and Explorer freezing up or not responding, I rarely have those issues with Chrome. I haven’t used anything else since I switched so I’m not sure how it would compare to the others now.

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by gatling on Sep 29, 2025 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I recently switched to Chrome because Firefox just takes so much longer to load. Firefox also experiences worse slowdown when you have a lot of tabs open. Chrome isn’t perfect by any means, but it’s appreciably faster.

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by alexwithclass on Sep 30, 2025 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

computers

I stink with computers and software, and basically just stick with whatever IE is most current.

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not a real stickler for this kind of stuff, but I would DEFINITELY recommend having

Firefox or Chrome as your main browser. Or at least have one of them available, so when something like this comes up, you can switch from IE to Firefox and check if the browser is the problem.

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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Sep 29, 2025 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Firefox or Chrome will make you a lot more productive.

by limozeen on Sep 29, 2025 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Make the switch John

I also stink with computers but Dewey Finn did me a solid and downloaded Firefox for me. I was shocked at how much faster everything worked.

by King Billy Royal on Sep 30, 2025 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

Make the switch. You’ll be glad you did.

Its kind of like getting a new computer.

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by alskor on Oct 1, 2025 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I had the same issue up till today and I couldn’t figure out why. Firefox was slow and even my xbox live connection was dragging. I decided to look into it today and noticed that my static IP settings have been reset. I fixed it and everything is actually running faster than ever.

by yondaime4 on Sep 29, 2025 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

IP

I don’t even know how to do that…I am ignorant regarding these matters

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Try This
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by yondaime4 on Sep 29, 2025 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I had a similar issue with this site recently too.

It would look like it was loading, but it would just stall out on a blank screen.

• In order to rule out some things, John, when this was happening, could you load other sites like, say, Google? Yahoo? etc?

• What kind of computer do you have? Mac or PC?

• Have you recently updated or installed software?

by basemonkey on Sep 29, 2025 4:38 PM EDT reply actions

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it varies wildly…..SB Nation has been a little slow on and off. BP, BA, BR, youtube, google will load VERY slowly, or sometimes not at all, just a blank screen. Other times they work fine. It is unpredictable and very frustrating.

PC.

Updates: i am ignorant so I just let windows and IE update whatever they want to update.

by John Sickels on Sep 29, 2025 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

BA

Has been extremely slow for me, thought it was just my secured network at work, but now I feel better that it must be something with the website. Because i’ve never encountered BA being slow before at work.

And yes, lets just say i’m on BA A LOT at work, as well as minor league ball of course :)

by srbaseball2003 on Sep 29, 2025 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

Ranny

That would be embarrassing to post if someone knew you here… Oh wait

by mikel1218 on Sep 29, 2025 7:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

let me get a fresh tampon for you John

by daman316 on Sep 29, 2025 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

Still having issues with this site, and particularly with accessing fan posts. Browser keeps getting hung up trying to load ads from in.getclicky.com

by dbreer23 on Sep 30, 2025 1:14 PM EDT reply actions

browser

What browser are you using? I will pass this on to the tech guys

by John Sickels on Sep 30, 2025 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah most of the sites

have been running slowly, but SB nation is doing ok. I have had my pc crash/freeze up twice past month, but all my virus/spyware stuff “checks out”. I am planning to refract my computer to see if that works.

firefox has been slower in general, because most likely more people are using it instead of IE.

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by feslenraster on Oct 1, 2025 1:03 PM EDT reply actions