# Is this site having a server problem?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493 "2021-01-26T15:50:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/1 "2021-01-26T15:50:37Z")

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This site is taking a loooong time to load today, and I am not experiencing this problem with any other websites. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/2 "2021-01-26T16:02:26Z")

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Hmmm… The problem seems to have been resolved.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/3 "2021-01-26T17:03:55Z")

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I **was** getting a site problem that required my tablet to reload.  
Still have those annoying pop up ads on the bottom of the page that will pop up when you are typing a reply. Just did it as I was typing this reply, had to clear the advertisement to Finnish and post this reply.

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/4 "2021-01-26T18:38:35Z")

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There was a big Verizon fiber outage earlier today affecting much of the northeastern US. That could be related.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/5 "2021-01-26T22:20:05Z")

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In Florida, Spectrum WiFi.

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**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/6 "2021-01-26T22:41:00Z")

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But Car Talk servers may be in Boston

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**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/7 "2021-01-26T23:02:42Z")

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The Hahvahd Squayah offices are no longer, sadly. We are a 100% remote operation now. I don’t actually know where our servers are.

Glad everything is working again.

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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/8 "2021-01-26T23:37:32Z")

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Everything was slow for me for a while today. You guys just don’t get around.

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**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-site-having-a-server-problem/174493/9 "2021-01-27T03:39:53Z")

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Could be a local problem, Haven’t had any problems with this site, my internet did briefly go down a few nights ago but only for maybe 30-45min.
