On 3/19/2021 12:03 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:31:02 -0600, Graham wrote:
>
>> Downloading posts from Blocknews has often been slow for a few days. Has
>> anyone else experienced this?
>> Sometimes, a couple of posts download quickly then the next is slow.
>> Strange.
>
> How slow is slow? And you download them each on demand, or do you
> select them first and download a bunch at once?
>
> You can get delays of 5 seconds in between, but that's rare. Try
> switching your news server between usnews.blocknews.net and
> eunews.blocknews.net. They're supposed to be synced by article
> numbers within microseconds, but I can't guarantee that's true
> anymore. I always use usnews.blocknews.net. Since they moved to
> the Highwinds server backbones, I get consistent service.
>
> -sw
>

For a time, it was taking from milliseconds to 5+ seconds to open a
single selection. Not consistent either. It is back to normal and
milliseconds at most.

Upload takes about 4 seconds.