Viewing Post from Monday Sep 16, 2002
Why Is BU Slow These Days?
What, are you living under a rock? ;-) It's a simple thing - bandwidth. We're pumping out gobs of it, as people continue the feeding frenzy that is TEH DEMO. Right now, we're serving up 8x-12x the normal amount of traffic we generate, and the site will get slow, especially during peak hours. We're not down, we're just busy as all get out!Not everyone made it through the demo release, and those that did saw an incredible increase in traffic. Did you know that worldwide packet loss jumped to 73%+ when TEH DEMO was released? It did. The demo release had tendrils that affected the entire internet!This will pass, eventually, so I'd like to both thank you for supporting us so incredibly well, and ask for your patience and understanding while we deal with this the best we can - keeping the server and mirrors up, continuing to scour the Unreal community for news, and hopefully convincing you that we really are *the place* to come for all your Unreal-engine needs.