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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

4447.0. "Why is our web page so pathetically slow?" by HELIX::WELLCOME (Steve Wellcome MRO1-1/L31 Pole HJ33) Tue Feb 27 1996 11:49

    I've just been trying to access www.digital.com to look up some
    information.  The response time is, in a word, ***PATHETIC***.
    Netscape has been sitting here at least 15 minutes by the
    clock loading the InfoCenters directory page.
    
    Is this just because I'm "internal," and our real customers outside
    get better response, or is this actually the way it looks to the
    outside world?  If it is, then I'd say it better change -- fast.
    Any customer who goes through a delay like this is going to be
    singularly underwhelmed by Digital's ability to do client/server
    computing.  I can access Intel, HP, CompUSA, etc., with little or no
    delay.  Why are we running our web page at a speed that reminds me 
    of an ASR-33 Teletype?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4447.1	optimized for cost	LGP30::FLEISCHER	without vision the people perish (DTN 227-3978, TAY1)	`Tue Feb 27 1996 11:56`	15
	re Note 4447.0 by HELIX::WELLCOME: > I've just been trying to access www.digital.com to look up some > information. The response time is, in a word, *PATHETIC. > Netscape has been sitting here at least 15 minutes by the > clock loading the InfoCenters directory page. From what I have seen and been told, it's not that the external servers are giving us lower priority, and it's not that the gateways or their proxy servers are overloaded, but it's that our internal network is really poor* in many places, and that probably includes between where you are and your chosen gateway. Bob
4447.2		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Tue Feb 27 1996 12:06`	3
	See EXTENSIVE discussion in LJSRV2::INTERNET_TOOLS. Steve
4447.3	Faster than DIBOL	ULYSSE::ROEMER		`Thu Feb 29 1996 19:11`	5
	Hi Steve. I tried just now and got the info center directory in under 10 seconds. Al
4447.4	only 2 doors ...	SUBSYS::MILLER_COLE		`Fri Apr 26 1996 10:20`	4
	As I understand it ... there are 2 only "doors" for the entire company to get out on the internet. As such, if several hundred people attempt to access the internet (via Netscape) at the same time, response is going to be VERY slow.
4447.6	IBG distribution	SMURF::PBECK	Rob Peter and pay me...	`Fri Apr 26 1996 11:27`	7
	Go to http://ibgmail.ljo.dec.com/sdk/ for internal software kits (Netscape releases can be found under either the Released Software Kits if you like stable or Field Test if you like updating periodically. Obviously, you need a browser to get a browser this way, but Lynx isn't hard to get if you're otherwise bereft.
4447.7		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Fri Apr 26 1996 18:02`	3
	Go to LJSRV2::INTERNET_TOOLS for the information. Steve