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Kissysmom

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Are we able to post again?

Lexie

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We are back !!!

Admin

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, we're back! Saturday mornings seem to have a router that acts up. It's been ongoing for a long long time, I think everyone is used to it now, no?

It gives you a chance to get other things done like laundry, cleaning, talk to your spouse, play with the kids...stuff like that.

Gina8642

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 08:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ugh, Mornings is when I have the time to check on the feeds.

Bummer

I really wanted to see what happened last night...


Oh well.

Thanks for the info Admin. I was curious.

Lexie

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ohhh is that what I was suppose to be doing.....LOL

Ellenkats

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is the fourth morning this week I've had trouble gettings the boards here. I expected trouble more during peak hours, would have thought mornings would be best time to read/reply. I hope the server can be fixed, the error I usually get (after a long delay) is:

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /tvclubhouse/discus/messages/10972/30630.html.

Reason: Could not connect to remote machine: No route to host

Eden

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 09:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've had the same problem, Ellen. OH, the pain of withdrawal, no matter how temporary!

Ellenkats

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Eden, I was beginning to feel alone in this problem, rarely see any mention of probs on boards....

(unless the mods move critical board messages to fool us!!! "Problem? what problem???" hehe)

Crossfire

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 12:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seems like the DB for the messages are stored inside a firewall, or just on another box, with a reverse proxy pulling stuff forward or something with a very sensitive POS router in between.

Bernie

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 12:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been getting the same problem all week, and so I've posted messages and then been unable to follow up, because - poof! - no board! I can't connect and so I go do other things.
It really skews the flow of ideas, LOL!
Reminds me of Archie Bunker telling Edith to 'Stifle!'

Teebird30

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Another morning with the board down. I didn't watch BB2 but was this a problem during that as well?

Meggieprice

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Noone is as good as this board- NOONE! But sometimes you just have to know what happened so you can go to Joker's Updates for a fix until our home comes back!

http://www.jokersupdates.com/

Draheid

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 10:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BTW: You might try this direct link to the current live feeds. It seems to work for me: Click here for a direct link to the live feeds

Earthmother

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 10:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks Draheid this works..read the wrong post earlier Meggieprice..oops

Eden

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 11:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Another morning without this board and all I have to say is THIS IS THE BEST BIG BROTHER SITE ON THE WEB!!!!! There isn't another site that comes REMOTELY close to the quality rampant EVERYWHERE here... from the thoughtful posts to the dedicated and unbelievably thorough live feed posters! I can't remember how I found this place but BOY, am I glad!

Ellenkats

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't disagree -- it is a wonderful board. I admit I am getting frustrated that it seems to only be up from noon - midnight ET. I have more free time in the mornings to read messages and catch up on previous night feed updates. I hope they are working on a permanent solution.

Ryn

Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ellen, its not by our choice, trust us, the company that host this site (for free) is haveing some server issues and is working to resolve it.

These issues did not show up until the massive influx of new users with BB III starting.

As an example, according to the logs the admin posted in another thread - there were about 200,000 pages viewed each day last week. Thats A LOT. Granted, some users download many many pages a day, but you can see how this would be a strain on most pay/ad supported sites, but this one is free (oh yeah - I mentioned that already).

The host site owners (bomis) are working to resolve the issue, as these problems are not just limited to the TVCH.

Btw - the owner of Bomis is a BB fan and volunteered his site to host TVCH back during BB I when Neil (TVCH owner) was shut down for too much traffic on the site hosting TVCH before this one. SO a big thank you as always to Bomis :)

Hang in there, things WILL improve :)

Bernie

Monday, August 05, 2002 - 12:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Didn't mean to sound complaining, Ryn - it's more a case of, "Look how much we love you-we're devastated when you aren't here!"
Many thanks to Bomis, and everyone who works to keep the site as wonderful as it is. We're all lost without you, you have to know that!

Ellenkats

Monday, August 05, 2002 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Indeed Bernie. If it weren't a wonderful board -- folks would simply move on. The fact we try for hours to get back on clubhouse shows how good it is and how much we miss it when its gone. :-)
I didn't find clubhouse until last year, and then I only lurked and read live feed updates. This is the first year I started spending more time in the discussion areas.

Ryn

Monday, August 05, 2002 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks guys, I wasn't getting defensive, just trying to give you a few more details, trust me there is not anyone associated with the administration of this board that isn't frustrated ;)

This is the only place I hang out during BB so when its down I just check mail and load the feeds if I do anything.

Admin

Monday, August 05, 2002 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for your patience everyone. It's true, everyone is frustrated.

It's now pretty clear that we have a hardware problem and soon that will be fixed. Unfortunately this stuff takes time to figure out and money. We are but a bunch of fans, trying to find our way in the sea of the internet.....if this were a business making millions of dollars we may have 0% downtime, but that is not the case.

Always keep an eye on THE TVCH MIRROR SITE for news about what is happening should the site be down temporarily.

If you have questions, you can email tvch@enbcom.com too.

Ellenkats

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The new server sounds exciting -- I am so hopeful things will be smoother sailing from here on out. (crossing fingers)


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