gmail/firefox degraded performance?

[twoHats]

Hi all -

Recently there have been a couple of gmail failures, but even prior to that i have seen a steadily degrading experience with both gmail and firefox. Long delays in bringing up a page that is usually snappy, etc was becoming commonplace.

This has many of the earmarks of an external attack, but i have seen no other evidence. I have also heard rumour of firefox having problems of this sort, with some plugins etc.

Anyone else have this experience, or perhaps know of a fix?

Thanks and Merry Christmas to ALL

[nigelc]

hi,
try another browser e.g dillo. this should go really fast. Also try "top" see something else is hogging the system.

[twoHats]

Thanks - both good ideas!

[eghoward]

I find this is usually caused by the ISP (blamed on traffic)

[twoHats]

Thanks - another possible explanation - and wouldn't put it past my ISP...