Any way to make 2+2 run faster on my computer?
 

I did a search for this topic, but didn't yield much. My PC seems to run fine even with multiple windows open, my ISP provider is comcast cable which always scores fairly high on toast.net's speed test.

Whenever I browse 2+2 I'm stuck waiting over 2 minutes for each page to load, the only other site that behaves similiar to this is myspace.com.

I seems like the page is always waiting for the banners to load, It gets frustrating - sometimes [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img], I timed each page loading right before I posted this and was at about 2 mins per page

Can anyone help

Re: Any way to make 2+2 run faster on my computer?
 

anyone? anyone?

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Re: Any way to make 2+2 run faster on my computer?
 

Heres a little tip that could show what's going on out there on the internets:

From a command line, run the following:

tracert 74.205.14.225

(this is the ip address I get when resolving twoplustwo via a ping command, there're probably many more servers/ip addresses. Or not.)

From this point, depending on the responses involved (50-100ms wouldn't be too bad), you can see where the troublesome node is, or, if there's not one, you can assume there's some filtering involved. But.. at what level?

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I use an extension called FasterFox. I'm not exactly sure what it does for me, but there's an optional timer on the bottom of the page, letting you know how frustrated to get when the page stalls. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
-Sam

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From this point, depending on the responses involved (50-100ms wouldn't be too bad), you can see where the troublesome node is, or, if there's not one, you can assume there's some filtering involved. But.. at what level?

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Seeing where the troublesome node is doesn't get you faster browsing. What do you do with that information after you see who to blame?
-Sam

Re: Any way to make 2+2 run faster on my computer?
 

Don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I'll give it a shot.

If you use Firefox, you can use Adblock Plus to block the ads. If you're using IE, I don't know what you can do.

Re: Any way to make 2+2 run faster on my computer?
 

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I use an extension called FasterFox. I'm not exactly sure what it does for me, but there's an optional timer on the bottom of the page, letting you know how frustrated to get when the page stalls. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
-Sam

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web developers reallllly don't like that b/c it puts up to a 5x the normal server load per person using it.
I would recommend to start using Opera or Firefox and if you're already using them fully uninstall and reinstall them. Most of the lag is probably coming from there or your pc needs to be cleaned out.

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I did this today and it seemed to help.

IE for Windows:
Click on 'tools', which is located on the IE menu bar
Select 'internet options'
Click the 'security' tab
Click on the 'custom level' button
Configure the categories by following these steps:
Active X Controls and Plug-ins
- enable 'download signed ActiveX controls'
- enable 'run ActiveX controls and plug-ins'
- enable 'script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting' cookies
- enable both options downloads
- enable 'file download' miscellaneous
- set 'software channel permissions' to 'medium' safety scripting
- enable all options user authentication
- skip this category
Click ok
Select the 'general' tab
Click the 'settings' button (located in the 'temporary internet files' category)
Click the option marked 'every visit to the page'
Click 'ok'
Click the 'delete files' button (located in the 'temporary internet files' category)
Click 'ok'
Click 'apply'
Click 'ok'
Click the 'refresh' icon on the toolbar and try the broadcast again


Wikipedia still loads really damn slowly though on this computer.

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From this point, depending on the responses involved (50-100ms wouldn't be too bad), you can see where the troublesome node is, or, if there's not one, you can assume there's some filtering involved. But.. at what level?

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Seeing where the troublesome node is doesn't get you faster browsing. What do you do with that information after you see who to blame?
-Sam

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From there you know if the problem is on your end or beyond your control. If it's beyond your control, then, well, it's beyond your control. But it's always best to check things that are easy to look into before starting to try fixing a problem that you can't even fix.

I don't know about you, but when someone tells me their pc won't power on, the first thing I check is that it's plugged in. I'll save checking all the motherboard connections, etc., til after I've gone over the simple things.