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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Dread Pirate Roberts on November 18, 2012, 02:34 pm
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I've heard mixed reports about site availability since we came back from the down-time. Please everyone weigh in on how we are doing so I can get a better sense of it.
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hey DPR,
iv had no problems what so ever since SR has been back online apart from my feedback that i left on recent orders not showing up, in fact i would even go as far too say its running faster and smoother... 8)
keep up the good work...
regards...
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Rarely it's almost too fast to be a TOR site (like the smooth as silk option says) but then other times it's no different to what it was before with bad connects and timeouts. It could be TOR though who knows, but for the most part it's faster than the forums.
I would imagine you're getting more n00bs too which would contribute to it's slowness.
I would suggest a re-evaluation after a couple of weeks wouldn't be prudent, as it's too close to re-opening at the moment and if you've ever seen the opening of an Apple Megastore, well you can figure it out!
- JWM
I've heard mixed reports about site availability since we came back from the down-time. Please everyone weigh in on how we are doing so I can get a better sense of it.
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From my experience in these 2 days : accessible-fast(for tor)
About the same speed and ease of access as before the problems started, I only had a 2-3 unexpected log-outs while browsing SR (like deleted cookies or something). That's the only problem so far for me.
Once you get a stable connection with the site it's pretty fast !
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What Jezuz said, pretty much.
Blisteringly fast around 8am-10am UTC, as if on clearnet.
And at other times about the same as it was a couple months ago (or a bit faster), which is in itself an improvement given the increase in number of users.
Haven't had any more of those inexplicable logouts in the last 24-36 hours, so I guess you've fixed that. Overall it seems stable and useable, so far.
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Fast for TOR......... Most of the time :)
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50% of the time it is fast. 50% of the time I can't even get to the log-on page. Am I doing something wrong?
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Its been hit or miss for me today, sometimes I can get in but sometimes it takes a very long time with lots of new identity's.
Not sure if that would be TOR or the sr servers but when I do get in it's pretty much the same speed it's been in the past.
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It takes a while to get the login page to come up but once logged in the site runs well. The only issue I've experienced is being asked to log out and back in before I was able to successfully place an order. Other than that, it's been great.
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Clearnet speeds during non-peak hours - super fast - awesome - well done, team!!!
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I wanted to respond with both "Accessible" and "Inaccessible". It seems about 60/40 for me, as I see others have stated. Better than half the time, I can get in, and once I do, things seem OK. In fact, maybe in those cases I even should say "Fast", as I don't know what to expect from Tor given that this is all I've ever done with it and I'm new to SR. But often, I can't get in at all. Repeated retries to get to the login page get me nowhere. It's not that big a deal because I just give up and try again a little later, usually then getting on, but it does point out some definite need for improvement.
I don't think it's Tor or me in general because there are a few other very simple things I do with Tor, like checking on existing BC balances elsewhere and checking on shipments with USPS.com. That sort of stuff comes up a bit slowly, but always does come up.
Tits
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Very fast in day, bit jerky at night. thanks SR team :)
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Relatively fast connection most of the time.. every once in a while I get a problem loading screen but one or two times on the F5 key gets it back up no issues.. Overall I am very satisfied with the site and how its running(much faster speed once on the site than previously).. peak times can be a bitch but what-evs.. I still get mine!!
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I've been trying for about ten hours or better to complete an order. The item is in my cart and i pick my postage, write down my address and enter my pin..... Then the damn thing sends me to my account page with the bitcoin addresses and asks me to try logging out and back in. I've tried it and it doesn't help AT ALL.
I have no idea why it's doing this crap but it's really annoying. It's not because there's not enough funds to make the purchase either, I checked that the first time.
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Pretty fast for me now. Like some here have said, it takes a couple of tries to get into the site, but once I'm there it moves pretty speedy, no real problems with it. Thanks for all your work on it, DPR.
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I can't vote because it's just that DPR "mixed". It was SUPER fast for me a couple hours ago but now I can't even get to the login page after trying for about 5-10 minutes.
Never have problems with the forums though.
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Still down the majority of the time for me. Mostly EU day time seems to be a down time, mornings and evenings are up. When I am on it's fine.
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hi master :)
in the morning (cet+1) it works great.
now i´ve hit refresh 5-10 times. when im in all is fine only got 2 discos or so today ...
but thanks a lot for keep the fire burning :-*
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85/15 cant complain a bit
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Anyone else that can't access SR atm?
Koelen3.
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12pm-6pm(Eastern Standard Time) i usually cant access the site at all
7pm-11pm i can access it and its either a little slow or standard
12am-2am its is either standard or sometimes silky smooth :)
so im guessing when America is awake it is jamming the sever, not to mention Europe is still awake at the same time during those hours cause there's only like a 5-6hour time difference so after 6pm Europe is sleeping so it clears up and at midnight Europe and lots of America is sleeping so its super clear
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Worked great yesterday. Haven't been able to connect in the couple hours I've been trying today. Maybe it's a peak hour thing, everybody's using their Sunday to try to get online and purchase drugs for Monday shipping.
Oh, just got the login screen! And I was able to log in ok, so it's back up for me!
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I managed to connect once last week, I had the time to finalize my orders :) and since I can not log in, the page reloads without message ... ?
I tried to create a new account, it's like, impossible. :-\
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I've tried several times and it was pretty fast each time.
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slower than before the most time for me, many time cannot get on still. also having problems w/forum not loading more frequent now, wonder as well about TOR problems all over, have had number of times when SR & forums seem to be gone and cannot access any other hudden service else. nothing simple has been help at these times, of cousre tryd new identity, logging out & back in TOR. i can not see where DPR words of 'site improved & sign up more members from improvements all should be good' match with realty many of us experiencing. will not speculate on possible reasons for this here. also hope to receive msg from you DPR about question i send in last day, DPR response to question will ease my worry. lack of reply leads to increase worry & speculation among those with brain yet, nothing short of cold cuffs on wrist will bring worry or thought to cheerleaders who care not to think & question.
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The site is fine. I think people disregard how big of an accomplishment this site is and what goes into running it.
All the people making the most noise during the downtime arent people of any scale .. bunch of whiny little brats
Carry on DPR !
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I finally managed to connect.
So good ... is fast.
thank you :)
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Takes a few tries during the day, dam fast early morning. Once in, it's been great for the most part. Better than before, just busy as hell, (totally understandable, while everything gets caught up)...keep up the good work!!!
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Hard to connect, works very well after that. It probably takes about 5 tries on average for me.
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At peek times hard to connect as has been said.Once connected its a lot faster than before but i still seem to get thrown back to log in page quite a bit.Tbf i'm just glad to get back in again top job guys! :D
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From EU but unable log in during the night in USA (my morning 8AM/13PM)....
Now the whole day/afternoon and evening its okay, no problem with reload etc.
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works for me
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Been working pretty well for me since it went back up.
I have found that in the UK the best times seem to be really late hours of the night/early hours of the morning. Must be a stack of brits using SR during their day jobs! ::)
Overall though running pretty smooth. Thanks again DPR and all the team!
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it's like driving on the Autobahn - zoom zoom!
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i have voted for "Accessible - can get in and click around, but are interrupted more than you'd like to be" as i have found it very changeable depending on the time of day.
UK time
1pm - 6pm, pretty much a waste of time trying.
6pm - 11pm, slow and mildly frustrating
11pm - early hours, actually very fast and reliable most of the time - better than before.
overall seems to be better since the big shutdown, but still struggling badly at peak times.
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2-3 tries to connect
after that smooth
keep practicing dude u r getting better :)
and thanks for the hard work - its appreciated!
Christy :P
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Much better than before, still has some problems with connectivity (1 in 5) but a marvelous improvement. Thanks DPR and Staff!
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Ive noticed a considerable speed upgrade, as well as not having to hit "get new identity" as often as before, the forums however seem to be running a bit slower now lol. But good job on the main site.
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connection speed is great.. better than it has been at times... i do get kicked off it a bit... and getting the start page to come up sometimes takes a few tries... getting coins in has been smooth... and i had none missing, like some peeps are claiming... 8)
If a scheduled maintenance would fix some of these problems and could be announced a month before they were to take place, i think that would be great... similar to what DPR said when he updated the site last time... professionalism and how the site looks and WORKS makes buyers and vendors more confident in the site...
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Clearnet speeds during non-peak hours - super fast - awesome - well done, team!!!
Agree with gypsy, notebly faster all around.
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Fast(for TOR) most of the time. Especially during "off peak times". Then just Accessible sometimes. Seems like it's improved.
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Its accessible for the most part, with very fast speeds every once in a while.
Overall, its a great improvement.
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I seem to have trouble accessing the forums at time, I don't know if that's important at all.
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The forum was inaccessible earlier this morning, and the actual site has been inaccessible for me all day :-[
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Poll options didn't completely fit, mostly the fast option but depending on time of day, smooth as silk option. Sometimes connecting takes lots of tries but after you do get in it's fast, and today I've only gotten on three times. Although I just saw someone saying using an onion.to link works, which is definitely true, so I assume it's some sort of hiccup.
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I usually have to try 3 or 4 times before the log on screen pops up and then after logging and clicking on a few items it will redirect me back to the log in screen.
On a side note, tor mail has been spotty too. Is this related somehow? Anyone else have this problem?
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Hi,
i can not connect to the SR page today. Has anyone such problem?
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I've heard mixed reports about site availability since we came back from the down-time. Please everyone weigh in on how we are doing so I can get a better sense of it.
Central Europe: Just as before. I can connect in the morning (until about 1 pm UTC), sometimes I can get to the front page in the afternoon, no chance in the evening. Gets better at 3-4 am UTC.
Weekend no connect at all ofc.
So I have a window of roughly 8 hours to do anything on the site and half of those I am usually asleep.
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The first time I logged on after being down was the fastest I've been able to get on site yet. Thank you:)
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I've found it to be fairly quick, once in the system, despite the occasional "connection reset" or "cannot reach." I, however, was having a very difficult time even getting to the log-in screen this morning.
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It is faster when I am in. I also get kicked out less than when SR was just up after the knock. But getting in can be such a pain. Have to refresh a lot and keep trying.
Thank you for the work that you and the team have done so far!
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I was pretty much in the middle. It's 'about' the same...I mean, I guess I can count on logging on, and every once in a while it gets downright 'speedy'...for tor, anyway...but that's the whole issue, right there: it's tor, and we're trading in all that speed for--hopeful--secrecy, a tradeoff I'm happy enough to make. So I figure it's just the price we pay, for such a cool site. But I myself haven't seen any big difference, other than the amount of people on here, haha...which also explains the hassles a bit....well done, keeping it going at all, for me!
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The site is fine, but why has it taken five (5)+ days and 8-10 messages to process a new pin request and I still haven't gotten it (the new pin) after five (5)+ days and 8-10 messages later?
The account is Albert Jones and I would like my new pin now, please, thank you, after five (5)+ days and 8-10 messages later.
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only problem im having is having to re-log in sometimes....once every 10 mins or so
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Site loading time is pretty fast. But for now I have a problems with log in to my vendor account. It looks like connection reset on access page because it doesn't show me message 'login failed, try again'. I hope support will help me within hours or it will be solved out within hours.
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I've been getting the boot here and there but I can still get in after a while and do what needs to be done. It's a minor inconvenience at most.
Thanks for getting us back up and running though!!
IgotYAfix
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I think there was a big improvement since the downtime. I find that the initial connection works on the first attempt most of the time (instead of the usual 2-3 attempts), and that subsequently page loads times are reliable and reasonably fast. It's probably the fastest tor site I've used - still slower than a clearnet site through tor, but not by much.
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Relatively fast compared to the past, but it still sucks trying to get to the log-in screen.
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For me not as smooth, alotta error pages, and ofcourse a much longer wait to reset pin or get a reply from SR support.
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Could nt get on yesterday but since then it has been incredibly quick and smooth. Couple of attempts to bring up the SR login screen but after that alot faster browsing and alot fewer re logins and refreshs required.
sweet
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Since the road has been back up, I have had a lot of problems getting to the log in page itself. Sometimes it can take up to 15 tries, using different identities to get to the page. BUT, once I am in the site and logged in, there are hardly ever any problems. It is pretty smooth within the SR site. Thanks for asking, DPR.
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Anyone having problems at the log in page?
I cant seem to get in. I had got in yesterday, but today it wont let me in at all. I tried like every password i have possibly ever used, and nothing.
Let me know if others are having the same problem..
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seems fine right now, but its more or less been a 50/50 chance of getting to the login page the last couple of days. sending messages has also been somewhat of a pain.
either way, thanks DPR and SR team in general - things are much better!
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In the morning (UTC+1) it is very easy to get in, but in afternoon and evening (5:00 PM till 9:00 PM) it is difficult.
Still: Glad SR is back on track!
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Often it is very difficult to get connected. Right now i'm trying for an hour to get to the login page. Annoying.
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is it down again? i can't get to the login page
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If the slow logon screen deters a few of the impatient from signing up, let's not be in too much of a hurry to improve it ;)
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Once I log in, it's fast enough. Still not as fast as BMR, but OK considering the options.
It would be nice if there was some sort of queuing system, as well as time limits for customers (eg, can't spend more than an hour at a time if there is a queue, or limit time according to length of queue, or according to a factor of a rolling average of time spent in queue; you know, something fancy! )
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I been having trouble getting on for the last hour..
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Struggling today - not getting in at all - when site was back up got in and like others thought it was much faster and fluid
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I been having trouble getting on for the last hour..
Same here, looks like it's down again.
Koelen3.
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Relatively fast compared to the past, but it still sucks trying to get to the log-in screen.
This for me
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I believe option 3 and 4 are people experiencing the same level of service with varying degrees of patience.
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hasnt worked for me.. this is the link i used in the past.. http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/ is this one no bueno?
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hasnt worked for me.. this is the link i used in the past.. http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/ is this one no bueno?
i use http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/home
and that seams to work for me
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I can't access SR either. Before it's been quite fast, but today I haven't been able to g it at all.
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Remarkably fast for me right now.
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Ya same here its been running quite good for me but i think it is more of a crapshoot than anything else
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Seems to me to be largely dependent on my Tor route. I have had to try sometimes 4-5 identities or more, but once I'm on the right identity, SR seems to be much faster than it was for the past year. Whatever measures the IT admins took, they seem to have been effective, as much as such measures can be when dealing with the Tor network.
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The site is running amazingly, well done DPR and other admins. It hasn't been running as fast as clearnet for me, but it has been running about 50% faster than it was before the server crash. It's going beautifully on my end. Excellent work. I really really hope the haters actually left the site like they said they would. They go to BMR or whatever, they don't deserve your service.
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Jeez its mega fast today! all hail DPR!. Possible DPR tattoo on the horizon? cue lots of 'you really like the princess bride dont you?' down the pub!
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sites not evening running now help us DPR!
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Had to vote with the first option DPR. The login page seems to be fucked up at this time
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the log in page has shit itself, its seems to be in a loop of some sorts... no SR access today for the 1st time since it was back up and running... :(
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lol fuck, I vote 3 earlier, now that the thread is on front page the votes will be swayed (not that this post is gonna help that xP). I'd say the site has been fine lately (with the exception of the recent login issue). The few days after being back up were slow with frequent interruptions but it eventually was running top notch for me at least
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It was ok up to TODAY early morning November 22nd. NO ONE can get past log in page.
Quit possibly you are not aware of this yet. As the last shutdown-we are all anxiously waiting for repairs or whatever it takes to get it back online.
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Hey DPR,
Big respect for the work you are doing.
Regarding the site, it is working (though not in this moment - login page just looping for the last hour at least), but generally trying to get in is a pain.
I hardly ever get in on a first login attempt after getting the login page (which itself often take multiple refresh attempts). Normally takes 3-5 tries just to get the login screen and then another 3-5 tries, often more, to actually get logged in - which of course is a big drag.
Once in it's OK.
I obviously don't know what your server set up is, but my take is that you need to upgrade it further, and upgrade it seriously so it can handle much greater load.
Silk Road is growing and is going to do so exponentially for a long time, and as a vendor I totally want this (we'll also be moving all our non-SR clients onto SR in time - so this kind of thing will also increase traffic), but don't want to do this until I know they can have a really smooth experience. Many will just give and go away after a few failed login attempts.
So clear feedback from me is that you need to upscale your rig altogether and keep investing heavily in that so that SR can stay robust (in all the ways it needs to be) while handling the present growth and the even greater growth that is coming.
Thanks for your dedication and commitment - it's a good and noble thing that you are doing!
BG
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a LOT faster for me and seems to be more stable. does kick me out on the odd occasion still, but nothing an F5 doesn't fix :)
muchas gracias DPR - you are the MAN :D