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BBS connection issues
« on: May 16, 2026, 10:35:10 AM »
Anyone else having issues connecting to the BBS? Im getting a lot of "Site cant be reached" and "time out" errors.

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2026, 10:46:36 AM »
Anyone else having issues connecting to the BBS? Im getting a lot of "Site cant be reached" and "time out" errors.

Yeah, noticed it started around the end of April.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2026, 11:11:19 AM »
Yeah, noticed it started around the end of April.

Same. Replying to this even timed out initially.

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2026, 11:26:10 AM »
Got it earlier this morning around 6am. Haven't got since then though.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2026, 11:40:19 AM »
Have you tried replacing your sound card?

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2026, 11:48:14 AM »
Occasionally. Today at least once.

Not speaking about the sound card.

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2026, 11:49:10 AM »
For a few days now.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2026, 02:17:39 PM »
It's seems to be getting worse...

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2026, 02:22:58 PM »
It’s been intermittent for several weeks.

At my new place in farmland it’s predictable. 4p-6p my connection with Xfinity us going to blow.

I blame it on routing and hirer traffic as summer hits, may get worse, at least here.

Let’s face some simple basic facts of life, for whatever the IT reason, the new Frontier connection has been nothing but problems.

At times, depending where you live,…
Hard to DL maps and stdshapes files, bbs timing out, and some claim micro-freeze issues since it was updated.

Frontier is an excellent Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you can get their fiber-optic connection, which offers incredibly fast, symmetrical speeds and high reliability. However, their older DSL service is notoriously slow, and customer support can be frustrating.

I don’t know what type connection we have, if T1 is still a thing.

Seems people in TX don’t have as many issues, unless traffic is just heavy. But seems people who have to be routed seem to suffer the most.

Was the new connection down scaled at 2G?

I know when I ping the MA its great until I hit TX, then it just coughs blood in timeouts.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2026, 02:45:54 PM »
Right now the boards are snappy and responsive for me. I have had issues were the site got sluggish yesterday and last night. I even got a couple of "Site cant be reached" pages.

I have a No-Cap 5gbps/5gbps Fiber connection.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2026, 03:05:28 PM »
Anyone else having issues connecting to the BBS? Im getting a lot of "Site cant be reached" and "time out" errors.

Yes, I had some yesterday but today it seems to be Ok.
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2026, 03:32:59 PM »
Something was reset or restarted today..

Night and day difference from earlier..thanks  :aok

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2026, 03:37:26 PM »
Something was reset or restarted today..

Night and day difference from earlier..thanks  :aok

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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2026, 04:14:08 PM »
Yes. Same here
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Re: BBS connection issues
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2026, 05:59:40 PM »
Connection is much better now.  :D