Could it possibly be the number of people on the site at one time ? Just a thought .. I know I'm on it ALL THE TIME anymore ! I'm so excited about April I just can't help it Paula
Slow for me 2 . And I don't think it's my internet provider as I've got 50 mb of download and 15 on upload !!
Could be various reasons, I need to spot it when it's slow and send a report in at the time. Otherwise the reason gets lost in the history of time. Recently I haven't spent a lot of time on the forum as I'm deluged with emails, pm's and facebook messages all day long. In the past we have suffered from DDOS attacks where the site gets flooded with fake traffic, also the forum is now a lot busier than in years past and right now is a busy time of year plus the database is growing in size faster than previous. It may just be that. Perhaps some of the hardware needs upgrading, more RAM, faster processor etc. Next time it happens, if I'm around to see it, I'll send a report in and see what can be done.
I sent a request to the hosting company to look into it, here is their reply: Looks like I'll need to upgrade RAM soon.