I be waitin fo da page t' load an it be takin it's sweet ol time!!! Sheeeeeeit bro!

I am on a T3 with 2 OC3 backbones, for some reason I can't seem to be able to duplicate the slowness....Tracing route to www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 1   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  vlan1.epix.net [205.238.XXX.1]
 2   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  fe4-0-0-svcr05.epix.net [216.37.155.162]
 3   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  fe4-0-0-svcr04.epix.net [216.37.155.164]
 4    10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  209.246.200.17
 5   <10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  ge-6-1-0.mp1.Philadelphia1.level3.net [64.159.3.21]
 6    20 ms    30 ms    30 ms  so-3-0-0.mp1.Chicago1.Level3.net [64.159.1.33]
 7    20 ms    30 ms    30 ms  pos8-0.core1.Chicago1.Level3.net [209.247.10.162]
 8    20 ms    30 ms    30 ms  144.232.8.185
 9    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  sl-bb20-chi-15-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.26.5]
10    50 ms    40 ms    50 ms  sl-bb10-spr-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.245]
11    40 ms    50 ms    40 ms  sl-gw4-spr-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.21.51]
12    40 ms    50 ms    50 ms  sl-biznesson-1-0.sprintlink.net [160.81.249.10]
13    31 ms    30 ms    30 ms  connix-gate-line.thebiz.net [216.238.32.21]
14    40 ms    40 ms    40 ms  prime-gate-r.telco.thebiz.net [216.238.32.58]
15    50 ms    60 ms    50 ms  router-rl.pcom.net [208.245.134.1]
16    50 ms    50 ms    60 ms  www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]



Not bad at all....

I am also on T3.

Tracing route to www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 1   <10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  63.251.174.1
 2   <10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  border3.s7-4.enom-1.sef.pnap.net [63.251.162.137
]
 3   <10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  core1.ge0-0-0-bbnet1.sef.pnap.net [63.251.160.1]

 4   <10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  sl-gw6-tac-4-0.sprintlink.net [160.81.229.37]
 5   <10 ms    10 ms   <10 ms  sl-bb21-tac-13-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.17.2]
 6   <10 ms    10 ms   <10 ms  sl-bb20-sea-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.85]

 7    40 ms    40 ms    50 ms  sl-bb22-chi-11-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.50]

 8    50 ms    40 ms    50 ms  sl-bb21-chi-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.26.98]

 9    60 ms    61 ms    70 ms  sl-bb11-spr-13-1.sprintlink.net [144.232.19.206]

10    90 ms    80 ms    90 ms  sl-gw4-spr-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.21.51]
11    90 ms    70 ms    90 ms  sl-biznesson-1-0.sprintlink.net [160.81.249.10]

12    70 ms    80 ms    80 ms  connix-gate-line.thebiz.net [216.238.32.21]
13    80 ms    90 ms    80 ms  prime-gate-r.telco.thebiz.net [216.238.32.58]
14    90 ms    81 ms    90 ms  router-rl.pcom.net [208.245.134.1]
15    80 ms    90 ms   100 ms  www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]

Trace complete.

Even still 100 ms is not bad but that doesn't mean a thing if the pages on the server aren't executing quickly.  BTW the sluggishness comes and goes.  Sometimes it takes 20 seconds for a page to come up.  This happens here and at home over dsl also.

SNorman,

Block out some of your ip info like Bob243 did.  It is not a good idea to give out that info to the public.

Tracing route to www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  First few hidden.
 4    10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  357.ATM1-0.GW5.TCO1.ALTER.NET [157.130.62.1]
 5    10 ms   <10 ms   <10 ms  119.at-2-0-0.XR2.TCO1.ALTER.NET [146.188.162.166
]
 6    10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  192.at-2-0-0.XR2.DCA6.ALTER.NET [152.63.33.69]
 7   <10 ms    10 ms   <10 ms  0.so-1-3-0.XL2.DCA6.ALTER.NET [152.63.35.118]
 8    10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  POS7-0.BR4.DCA6.ALTER.NET [152.63.41.233]
 9   <10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  204.255.169.130
10   <10 ms    10 ms    10 ms  sl-bb27-rly-12-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.14.178]

11    10 ms   <10 ms    10 ms  sl-bb25-pen-10-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.24]

12    20 ms    10 ms    10 ms  sl-bb21-pen-8-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.5.237]
13    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  sl-bb11-spr-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.8.162]

14    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  sl-gw4-spr-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.21.51]
15    30 ms    20 ms    30 ms  sl-biznesson-1-0.sprintlink.net [160.81.249.10]

16    90 ms    90 ms    91 ms  connix-gate-line.thebiz.net [216.238.32.21]
17    90 ms   100 ms   110 ms  prime-gate-r.telco.thebiz.net [216.238.32.58]
18     *      100 ms   110 ms  router-rl.pcom.net [208.245.134.1]
19     *      120 ms   120 ms  www.ar15.com [208.245.134.228]

Trace complete.