Is it just me or is Polk's Web-site like the slowest on the web?

Tour2ma
Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Not necessarily talking about in the Club. Posting, jumping threads, etc. could be quicker, but its not too bad.

But go to the main site and it's soooooo slooooow. Seems especially so in the product library.

The pages all say, "This page took 0.2097 seconds to assemble". If true, why am I sitting here waiting about 30 seconds for it to come up and tell me that?

I know it ain't me... got a Dell gigga rig and cable modem that hits 500kbs at times on downloads...

Two words for Polk IT Dept... Sun Microsystems... ;)
More later,
Tour...
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited February 2003
    Fast as grease lightning over here. Maybe their taking those posts u do and shoving it in your modem.....it has to think harder! HAHAH! im jk....lord if that was the case mine would be slow too! LOL! Well, I tell ya man.....sometimes its fast....sometimes its slow
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
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    No more speakers. None. Nada. And then you posted this!!!!
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited February 2003
    must be you this is my fastest site i go too.

    scott:cool:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2003
    I never have a problem with Polk's site. Always loads quick.

    Based on cable specs, your download speeds are slow in general. My cable hookup consistantly hits around the 1 megabit download speed. 550 kbs is still lightning fast when compared to dialup.

    John
    No excuses!
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited February 2003
    You might try cleaning out IE's temporary cache, as it can get quite large over time if it's not cleaned out very regularly. Under Tools/ Internet Options/ Temporary Internet Files/ hit the delete files button, and clean out the offline content too.

    Also, if you have IE 5 and above, you can go to Tools/ Internet Options/ Advanced tab/ scroll towards the very bottom, there's a 'Empty Temporary Internet Files when browser is closed' check box.

    These pages could be trying to load quick, but chokes on getting through all the cached files. Just a thought...
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited February 2003
    It works pretty fast on dial-up at home and moves liek lightning on the fiber at work.
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2003
    I agree with most of you, this site is pretty fast for me. I am using a DSL modem, and I have never had any problems. I think its pretty darn good.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2003
    :lol: Yea, ATC, just another to add to a long list of "personal problems".

    Took Dylan's advice (thanks for the help, had only amassed ~20,000 files in the IE cache) and it has helped some. Equipment pages still take about 15 sec's, but that's only half the "eternity" it was.

    Still slow compared to most all other sites, but I'll live with it.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2003
    ATC,

    A few others are slow, but Polk seems to be the slowest. Again it's only really bad in the product library.

    Programs run fine. I run clean up, scan disc and defrag weekly. Used to crash a lot, but since I started this routine they are rare.

    I use Norton Internet Security, but I'm not getting warnings on the site unless I hit a page who's numbers happen to match one of my passwords.

    More running in background than I want, but I kill many after restarts like Dell Help, i touch, DAP, and Wingman controller.

    I am running earthlink's explorer. Like it's features better than MS IE. Earthlink does use IE as its backbone. I only use IE when shopping; Discover Deskshop interfaces with it won't with earthlink.

    Thanks for the interest in helping. All suggestions are welcome.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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