OCUK FORUM HARD TO REACH

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:25

Was it same for anyone else till about 2-3mins ago, meltdown due to corona traffic?

StriderX · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:27

It was peculiar... on 4G it worked fine (or returned more quickly for me on it), maybe it's anti-bot measures, though traffic is probably the issue.

Randomface74 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:28

yea it was rip for a bit

kinobestew123 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:28

Yep, paused for me.

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:30

It was not VM's DNS as I tried others and was about to try "isitdownrightnow" but then it loaded.

I know in the past idiots DDoS here.

Dis86 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:31

Had issues all night.

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:32

I was AFAK since back of 7ish till above.

Maccy · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:37

DB tested negative for corona virus so.... :confused:

Brizzles · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:38

yes, had a blip a few minutes ago - managed to triple post a reply

still loading slightly slower than usual

StriderX · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:41

Just had it again, peculiar.

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:42

Yip Need more Steam Captain!!!

ecksmen · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:42

StriderX said:
It was peculiar... on 4G it worked fine (or returned more quickly for me on it), maybe it's anti-bot measures, though traffic is probably the issue.

Carrier grade caching I bet, it seemed completely down here.

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:44

I wonder if the mods can see the traffic and see if its increased due to what I said in OP as a joke, as most will know the forum has become the 1st stop for all topics now not just PC hardware, some quiet vague or funny (part of parcel of being big in Google searches).

StriderX · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:46

To be honest maybe the national/international infrastructure is creaking, but that's a bit out there.

Vince · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:53

No issues here :confused:

b00merang69 · 12 Mar 2020 at 22:54

It is up and down, just your luck if you refresh a page at time it is ok.

Mcnumpty2323 · 12 Mar 2020 at 23:12

Working in some browsers here
But others are timing out

EyeDot · 12 Mar 2020 at 23:20

Working here..
What ISP are you on?

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Mar 2020 at 23:22

Intermittent on BT for me but fine on my mobile with Giffgaff.

UTmaniac · 12 Mar 2020 at 23:23

Sky just gone bankrupt due to F1 cancellation?