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Maybe it's your 2.5 gigabit fiber or maybe not....

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In Reply to: RE: Rod - I'm getting WAY better speed/response today too - coincidence? posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 27, 2025 at 10:36:12

I wonder if some of the AI bots have gone away.

I've had to update our firewalls and ban bots for several months. Recently, the site was getting hits from Alibaba IPs from multiple various Class C IP groups causing us to get 40 or 50 pages continually faster than we could keep up so everything is slow. I also see similar issues from Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and others. Some may be using cloud users and some are the major AI players.

If I'm getting hit, I know everyone is getting hit. The Times has gone after the AI bots as well and is going after them for stealing their intellectual property. I agree with them. Why should we give the bots our IP for free while they're not giving us anything to pay for our costs and having to deal with the degradation of our site.

-Rod

Follow Ups:

2.5 gigabits! Man, this is living! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:35:08 03/27/25 (6)
Oops! It's the computer in the other room that has the 2.5 gb connection - this one only has a paltry 1 gb connection. ;-)
- Shhh! - E-Stat 12:08:55 03/27/25 (5)
  Abe will quickly tell you that you are completely wrong thinking you benefit at all. ;)
  - Hmm - that may be true, but it seemed to me that Abe. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:12:20 03/27/25 (4)
    . . . was very supportive of my 2.5 gb bragging rights in the original thread - actual benefits or not! ;-)
    - Ok - E-Stat 12:17:12 03/27/25 (3)
      he was an aho to me .
      
      Go figure!
      - aho for pointing out facts ? - AbeCollins 11:55:38 03/29/25 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ok posted by E-Stat on March 27, 2025 at 12:17:12
        
        Oh, I forgot this is an audiophile forum where facts very frequently give way to myths ;-)
      - Maybe because I kept the mood humorous? ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:28:35 03/27/25 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ok posted by E-Stat on March 27, 2025 at 12:17:12
        
        Although, as Ms. CfL likes to remind me, a lot of my humor is related to pressing people's buttons - which she doesn't like when she's the object of my humor. (But it's gentle humor, and I'm always laughing WITH them - LOL!)
        
        All I did was - E-Stat 09:07:58 03/28/25 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Maybe because I kept the mood humorous? ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 27, 2025 at 12:28:35
        
        post that "speed is addictive" moving to 1000/1000 vs my previous 100/10 where the differences in each were obvious . And cheaper at $60+tax/month than before!

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