Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 20:27:23 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Bill Barnes <bbarnes@operamail.com>, freebsd questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd performance Message-ID: <395EB69B.A996E285@gorean.org> References: <3987C7B4@operamail.com> <20000701013304.C25571@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> * Bill Barnes <bbarnes@operamail.com> [000701 01:26] wrote:
> > Hello list:
> >
> > if freebsd is running yahoo.com why is that website so damned slow. It's 3
> > AM, CDT and it is taking minutes to fetch and delete mail.
> > I'm using Opera which is a fast browser elsewhere, but it sure bogs down at
> > mail.yahoo.com. Operamail and google are almost instant.
> >
> > Makes me wonder about perfomance on my website.
>
> That's strange, it loads instantly for me, maybe your connectivity
> sucks?
Actually it might not be his connectivity. There was a fiber cut at
Global in Sunnyvale that had a drastic effect on their network, and thus
Yahoo!'s, since quite a few of our machines are co-located there. (all
of this is public knowledge, btw)
Doug
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