Site running very slow?

Hi guys

Just a quick query, I have found over the last few days that Gamespot runs excruciatingly slowly - it takes upwards of a minute to get to the next page, sometimes. I also found that to download a video file (not HD) of about 119 meg was clocking itself as a four-hour download...

I'm pretty sure that there's not a problem at this end, as I am not having issues with any other sites, or Xbox live, through my broadband connection, so I just thought I should make you aware in case there is an issue at your end. I

Any ideas? I'm running IE7 under WinXp, not had any problems before...

Thanks for your help :)

Yep, same here too.

I have been getting very frustrated with recent download speeds (not just in last few days, but for weeks now). To give an example, I am currently downloading the current edition of 'On The Spot' @ a mind blowing 19.8KB/sec!!!!

When you bear in mind that Gamespot is the ONLY website I currently pay a subscription to, it makes me SO frustrasted! When downloading stuff from other similar websites (eg. IGN / 1UP) I generally get speeds of approx 4 to 5 times quicker - and I don't even subscribe to them!!!!!!!!

Please GameSpot ... What gives?

Glad it's not just me then! but it is the general speed of the site too - not just downloads - it feels like I am viewing the site on a 56k modem!  Which makes any lengthy surfing a chore, and as this is the only game site I like that is kind of a pain...

I am in the UK, could that be a problem perhaps?

Man I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. I've been complaining about this for about a week. Absolutely no support on it at all. I have canceled my subscription not because I wanted to but if I can't stream or download I'm not giving them my money. I'm gonna be forced to pay for IGN.

(shivers)

I have noticed that there has been almost no official help or comment on the slowdown issue from Gamespot.  It's strange because the "highspeed" download server is supposed to be much faster for us total access members, so they aren't really standing by their loyal customers.  I wonder if throttling has become a corporate edict from the managing company?

Hey Gallego

 Thanks for the information. But that only really deals with the issue of slow file downloads - can you offer anything on why the site seems so slow? I can take me up to a minute to load a webpage on here - no other sites give me this problem. And as you can imagine, when I am typing in a blog or comment like this, it becomes almost impossible, with the text on screen about 10 seconds behind my typing...it really does seem to be a site issue. I hve replicated the same slowness on several different PC's, on different networks.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated :)