Formatting the hard disk is the most efficient and always works for me.I'm going to try rebooting first.
It doesn't depend on one end only (but on a broadband capacities of intermediate servers on the path), IMO...It's just weird that I'm navigating the site faster with a 1.5Mbps DSL than with a 20Mbps cable connection. Same town, same computer, nearly the same time.
This. I need to eliminate the possibility that any of my own gear is at issue. I haven't restarted the modem or router in weeks, so flushing the pipes here couldn't hurt.It's the first step of the troubleshooting process. Find the similarities.
--Patrick
Seems to me the similarities rule out at least one of your suggested fixes. It's only Halforums that's slow, I can browse other forums with no trouble, the same as others. That seems to rule out the possibility of another program/neighbor hogging bandwidth.It's the first step of the troubleshooting process. Find the similarities.
traceroute to halforums.com (206.55.124.179), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 0.910 ms 0.268 ms 0.210 ms
2 * * * (<-- I have my WAN IP address stealthed)
3 xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.lightspeed.xxxx.sbcglobal.net (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) 23.830 ms 31.469 ms 21.491 ms
4 75.26.64.98 (75.26.64.98) 21.956 ms 22.196 ms 22.377 ms
5 75.26.64.76 (75.26.64.76) 23.157 ms 26.082 ms 22.387 ms
6 12.83.32.129 (12.83.32.129) 21.982 ms 21.387 ms 21.265 ms
7 gar8.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.122.133.161) 30.936 ms 30.490 ms 30.340 ms
8 192.205.37.150 (192.205.37.150) 30.545 ms 30.801 ms 30.663 ms
9 vlan51.ebr1.chicago2.level3.net (4.69.138.158) 38.217 ms 38.547 ms 30.729 ms
10 ae-3-3.ebr2.denver1.level3.net (4.69.132.61) 62.858 ms 63.126 ms 87.643 ms
11 ae-4-4.car2.kansascity1.level3.net (4.69.135.237) 67.115 ms 67.603 ms 67.179 ms
12 layered-tec.car2.kansascity1.level3.net (4.53.34.58) 68.727 ms 67.384 ms 66.964 ms
13 te9-1.ocs2.atc.gsinetblock.net (64.57.221.86) 67.708 ms 68.037 ms 67.192 ms
14 206.55.124.179 (206.55.124.179) 67.744 ms 67.788 ms 67.779 ms