YOur server is like busy 30% of the time, I notice. I think more bandwidth is needed. Maybe contributors accounts would help you fund higher data speeds.

The board has been busy the last couple of weeks.

But, for the price of admission, its doing pretty damn good :iceslolan

Who says we get a new server?

you just need more bandwidth and tranfer speed. And it is good for free........

do we need to start an annual server drive :lol:

ws it last year around this time that this started happen...like in august/october?

I know I'd be pitching in. AF is my online home.

tooo.....many...people!
lol

Too many useless posts..... :thefinger

my posts

Too many useless posts..... :thefinger
you're contributing!
AH! so am I!
:lol2:

you're contributing!
AH! so am I!
:lol2:
he seems to have edited out the "I now have money" part of his post

What the hell went on tonight? The server was busy and down for hours on end. The server was busy for three damn agonizing hours. That pissed me off...

I mean come on, three hours? Igor, fill us in. Were you doing something to cause the trouble, or was there to much BS on the server.

Not much to say except it pissed me off.

Yea same here, I was so fucking bored at work! What's going on?

I hate to complain when membership is free but I also find the server to be down quite often

I hate to complain when membership is free but I also find the server to be down quite often
Great.
Let me complain for you.
1. AF is a 'for profit' enterprise, given the plume of advertising everywhere. It has been suggested that donations should be made to help. Nonsense. This is not PBS. This is not a charity. There is no guarentee that 100% of our donations go into infrastructure. Therefore, I am in no hurry to donate.

2. It is private enterprise in a competitive industry. It relies on you and me, the contributor to provide the traffic required to attract the advertisers. If you and I don't post, no advertisers and no revenue.
Now I am highly annoyed at the server problems. I understand AF is growing and I am not demanding better service. If the server is down, I go elsewhere as do thousands (well, hundreds anyways) of AF fans.

Therefore server problems=less members=less revenue=no AF.
It's not rocket science.
Fix the darned server. No apologies, no requests for contributions.
Fix it.
Long term server problems are fatal to a web based company like this.

:lol: but u'll still come back here and try and get on even if the server isn't fixed

:lol: but u'll still come back here and try and get on even if the server isn't fixed
I feel like doing my best Robert DeNiro impression:
"You talkin' to me?"

Sure I'll come back, but that misses the point. There are countless thousands of memebers who do not visit this site anymore, nor do they participate. There seems to be several hundred core members who are. frankly pissed off.
When the server is too busy, I leave, for the evening. Each time I leave, I feel less inclined to return, too soon. Others leave too.
While we are grateful for this site, it would be an empty useless page if it was not for the activities of the members, especially the long term ones. Advertisers know this and will spend their money accordingly.

This is stating the obvious, of course. However, continuing service problems makes us wonder about the support and maintenance AF has, and how long it will be a viable operation.

MagicRat you do have some very good points there. All of this advertising and they dont have the dough to fix the servers.

MagicRat you do have some very good points there. All of this advertising and they dont have the dough to fix the servers.

Let me put this into context.

AF Money + Igor= AF 350Z and no money for us.

yeah ,here,s another member getting p++++d off with this server busy malarky---I would like to help as many members as poss in a given time,but ,as you say this IS DRIVING PEOPLE AWAY!! can it not be sorted? lets have a reply as to what is going on.

what happened when i clicked back?server to busy.sort it!!

This is getting more and more frequent...

I have a laptop at my desk in class and I am on usually from 7:15 in the morning to about 5-5:30 in the afternoon. and it starts at about 12:30 central time and does not quit.

Is it me or is nobody doing anything about this???

Is it me or is nobody doing anything about this???

I'm talking to Igor about it. He's been busy the past week.

PM me and I'll refund all membership fees.


Very sorry for that.


:rolleyes:

Igor's problem, no-one elses.