This is encountered quite often. Any remedy?

I tried to answer you, but I had the same problem

41 minutes ago, ravip said:

This is encountered quite often. Any remedy?

The Cloudfare proxy is having issues reaching the origin server. There is not much you can do about it on your end.

Wait a few minutes, and try reloading the page again - generally works for me, unless the server is down, then try a few hours later.

This site is often the slowest of sites I visit and I often get that message too.

This doesn’t appear to be a Cloudflare issue, as already mentioned. It points much more toward a problem with the origin server, meaning the hosting provider being used. Unfortunately, the uptime and reliability seem well below what you would expect from a commercial service, with outages on this site occurring far more often than they should.

It may be hosted with something like CAT Telecom or NetDesign in Thailand, although that is just speculation. Either way, the performance is clearly not where it needs to be.

For comparison, I have been running my own VPS on a Singapore based server for years. It has consistently delivered excellent performance across Asia and has remained fully stable without any downtime. If it did not, I would not continue using it.

At this point, in 2026, it is difficult to justify sticking with hosting that struggles to meet even basic standards. Users rely on a forum being available, and it is entirely reasonable to expect a more dependable hosting setup.

Seems to be happening quite often.