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I haven't been able to get on Beechtalk for a little while now. I had a similar problem with another site recently and it wasn't the site itself but had something to do with a server between here and there. People in a different geographic area were able to connect. I'm wondering if this could be similar. Is anyone else having trouble getting on Beechtalk.com?
 
Yeah. There have been some slowness and loading issues for a few days and it seems completely down right now.
 
Salty said:
Ive been in the server business for close to 50 years and I have no idea what that first phrase means.
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Excellent call-out, I'm so glad you raised it, with a chance to flex on your antiquity into the bargain.

So, please educate us with the proper cobol-era term for what OP actually mentioned, which was:

"I had a similar problem with another site recently and it wasn't the site itself but had something to do with a server between here and there."
 
schmookeeg said:
….."I had a similar problem with another site recently and it wasn't the site itself but had something to do with a server between here and there."
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Somewhere along the blue arrow.
 
BT seems to have been down since early Sunday. Was up sat evening. Like Mark mentioned, they have had slowness problems for awhile now.
 
JOhnH said:
I haven't been able to get on Beechtalk for a little while now.
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One of the first things to try is to simply Flush your DNS cache. There could simply be something corrupt in the cache or there was a change somewhere and your system didn't pick it up.

Not totally unlikely, but it's way down there on the list if you can get to others sites and just not Beechtalk that it is your location. Do you have another browser and have to tried using it? Should resolve any question if it is local or not. And if it does come back that you can't get there with the other Browser, Email, Chat and Call your ISP and get them to check if they are blocking Beechtalk for some reason. And yes, you may need to Email, Chat and Call to actually get an answer.
 
Late to the party. From 'isitdown' ;

Beechtalk.com Server Status Check
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BeechtalkWebsite Name:
beechtalk.comURL Checked:
29.2 ms.Response Time:
1 hour 35 mins ago Last Down:
UP
Beechtalk.com is UP and reachable by us.
Please check and report on local outages below .

looks like they had a burp earlier.
 
As more and more web sites use Cloudflare for whatever reasons they are using it, it seems that more and more sites are intermittently slower than frozen mud or completely unreachable for random periods at random times. The conclusion as to the root of the issue is an exercise left to the reader.
 
schmookeeg said:
Excellent call-out, I'm so glad you raised it, with a chance to flex on your antiquity into the bargain.

So, please educate us with the proper cobol-era term for what OP actually mentioned, which was:

"I had a similar problem with another site recently and it wasn't the site itself but had something to do with a server between here and there."
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"Internet Router" is the most appropriate term. "Server" is normally applied to endpoints though a router can provide some services normally related to its operation as a router (e.g. has a web server that can present packet statistics or even packet captures to "clients".)
But credit for the creativity of calling them "interstitial servers". Background in medicine?
 
According to AI,

Interstitial servers, specifically in the context of streaming and digital media, are systems that manage the insertion of "interstitial" content—such as ads, bumpers, or legal notices—into a primary media stream (VOD or live) without interrupting the viewer experience. They often utilize HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocols to seamlessly switch between the main content and secondary content

Pretty sure that isn't Beechtalk. Not a techie by any stretch, but love to throw around jargon :)
 
Barrett50 said:
Late to the party. From 'isitdown' ;

Beechtalk.com Server Status Check
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BeechtalkWebsite Name:
beechtalk.comURL Checked:
29.2 ms.Response Time:
1 hour 35 mins ago Last Down:
UP
Beechtalk.com is UP and reachable by us.
Please check and report on local outages below .

looks like they had a burp earlier.
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They had a multi hour burp …..
 
I est about 99.9989483% internet sites have Interstitial content. Unless the site is self-hosted, completely private, with their own registered URL, and it never touches a BOT detector(Cloudflare, et-al) or way station it will have Interstitial material. Beechtalk is not self-hosted, neither is POA. Both have ads, and links to various other sites, and they all have click-direct counters to accurately determine the value of the links to paid sites.

It's extremely rare for an Interstitial host/server to jam up the site(like Beechtalk), but it could happen. As for the 'Cloudflare' problem, well - it's the same ole same ole. How to detect and shunt/block bots from hosted sites, while still serving up desired content to humans with the minimal delay? The open nature of the WWW and all of the non-WWW internet makes it possible for bad-actors to operate. The lack of regulation and oversight by any governing body world wide is the bloom of market value, and just as well the stench of bad actors using the platform for nefarious purpose.

Alternative sites for checking what's down on the web is downdetector.com. A bit more granular, but suitable for most sites, and valuable for larg hosting sites like L3, ATT, VZW, etc.
 
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