Forum Issue : Images Not Loading

[manutoo]

Hello,

since I came back to Thailand almost 2 weeks ago, the Forum is pretty slow, and most images, including emoticons & avatars, aren't loaded.

It seems to getting slightly better as today I got about 10 or 20% of images loading.

I'm using Firefox 3.6, but I just check with IE9 & Chrome and got the same result.

Is it because the Forum is overcrowded ?

Note: a search with "image loading" didn't return anything...

EDIT: I'm on TRUE Adsl

[mahtin]

Blame True.

Happens to me often too, sharing True wifi.

[Tywais]

Moved to Forum Support

[manutoo]

I forgot to tell : it also affects all images in the classifieds section.

My guess is that http://static.thaivisa.com is more or less failing 90-95% of the time.

[cdnvic]

It's a distributed hosting system with theoretically unlimited bandwidth. Most often in Thailand it's the local IPS's cache and DNS that causes problems.

[manutoo]

As far as I recall, I had the exact same problem during my trip in France, so I doubt it depends of the DNS or ISP...

And just checked through a French proxy, and some images loaded, but not all, and it was very slow...

A DNS problem would likely mean that nothing load, which is not the case.

static.thaivisa.com translates to 209.190.1.125, and ping is stable at around 300ms, without packet dropping.

And I don't get this kind of trouble on any of the other websites I frequent regularly...

[cdnvic]

If you can't post without profanities, please don't post. We'll do what we can to help you, but we don't care to be sworn at. One post deleted.

[smokie36]

I've also noticed Thai Visa has become slower in the last few days..

[cdnvic]

I've also noticed Thai Visa has become slower in the last few days..

The floods have caused traffic to jump considerably, at a time when Thai ISPs are having some real issues.

[Tywais]

I've also noticed Thai Visa has become slower in the last few days..

The floods have caused traffic to jump considerably, at a time when Thai ISPs are having some real issues.

10033 active user(s) (in the past 60 minutes)

Haven't seen it less than that for a few days now. Suspect a lot of network rerouting going on to get around flooded or power outages at exchanges and may affect some members more than others.

[manutoo]

Woh, everything seems to be fine again today, all images are here..!

[kkerry]

Been having the same problems and not the first time either. Been using TOT outside the floods and True inside the flooded areas and got very sick of seeing waiting for static.thaivisa.

For the first time in days half an hour ago things started working again as they should. Changing DNS made no difference.

[handydog]

Currently outside Thailand and I have noticed a distinct slowing of the site also, Ping is horrid at over 600ms