Tilt!
Is it only me, or do you too suffer from Yahoo/YHOO's slow-as-molasses servers?
We previously broached this topic, and, based on the (whoppingly large) sample size of ~5 responses, it seems that despite location, ISP, or state of home computer, we all suffer. It matters not at all the Yahoo page or site we attempt to load (mail, news, Personals, etc) -- we wait, we wait, and we wait some more. The speed to connection has become less (read, worse) than dial-up.
Can this continue? I guess so, as when I reported this... this frustrating reality to my friend (the executive at YHOO/Sunnyvale), he only shrugged his shoulders (metaphorically; we talked via phone) and claimed it was my ISP or my computer or my whatever that causes the slow load times. Horse shit! (Excuse me, but I had to get that out.) Not one time did he (as an employee and representative of YHOO) take ownership of the problem. This 'situation' has rendered Yahoo as functionally corrupt, unusable -- at least for me. (Yahoo! Mail is perhaps the worst culprit. Please update my e-address to the GMail address.)
Thus, I propose a survey... If you use Yahoo in any form and your experience mimics mine (and even if it does not), please share your thoughts as a reply comment to this post. Include your
1) General locale,
2) Computer operating system,
3) Amount of RAM,
4) Browser version (IE, Firefox, etc),
5) ISP (cable, DSL, dial-up, etc),
6) The page(s) you attempt to view,
and any other items you believe germane. You could also include whether you are happy or disgruntled (as I am) with Yahoo's molasses-like servers.
Once complete (and I hope for many replies to strengthen the argument), I will forward this link to the mucky-mucks at YHOO, and then wait some more to learn whether they care about their users, their customers, us.
Thank you for your participation.
We previously broached this topic, and, based on the (whoppingly large) sample size of ~5 responses, it seems that despite location, ISP, or state of home computer, we all suffer. It matters not at all the Yahoo page or site we attempt to load (mail, news, Personals, etc) -- we wait, we wait, and we wait some more. The speed to connection has become less (read, worse) than dial-up.
Can this continue? I guess so, as when I reported this... this frustrating reality to my friend (the executive at YHOO/Sunnyvale), he only shrugged his shoulders (metaphorically; we talked via phone) and claimed it was my ISP or my computer or my whatever that causes the slow load times. Horse shit! (Excuse me, but I had to get that out.) Not one time did he (as an employee and representative of YHOO) take ownership of the problem. This 'situation' has rendered Yahoo as functionally corrupt, unusable -- at least for me. (Yahoo! Mail is perhaps the worst culprit. Please update my e-address to the GMail address.)
Thus, I propose a survey... If you use Yahoo in any form and your experience mimics mine (and even if it does not), please share your thoughts as a reply comment to this post. Include your
1) General locale,
2) Computer operating system,
3) Amount of RAM,
4) Browser version (IE, Firefox, etc),
5) ISP (cable, DSL, dial-up, etc),
6) The page(s) you attempt to view,
and any other items you believe germane. You could also include whether you are happy or disgruntled (as I am) with Yahoo's molasses-like servers.
Once complete (and I hope for many replies to strengthen the argument), I will forward this link to the mucky-mucks at YHOO, and then wait some more to learn whether they care about their users, their customers, us.
Thank you for your participation.
posted by David M Gordon | 5:51 AM
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