“We need to donate more so they can expand the server farm and get a fatter pipe.”
Actually they might try dusting off and re-installing the 2000 era servers and software. It sure worked better.
On the other hand we followed the same pattern here as during the last debate. FR was fine(No Slowdown) until we actually hit 9PM eastern time. Then it went out like a switch was flipped and it did not work at all. I am really suspicious that someone is “Shutting” it down with some kind of attack. Of course that would be John’s job to figure that out and put a stop to it.
I agree. FR magically went down when the debate started and just as magically came up when it was over. There had to be almost as many FReepers online just before and just after, so it shouldn't be strictly traffic related.