I had this problem with a host at one point. Turns out they were running a server through a low bandwidth connection.
Sounds like you have the same issue. Adam > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 June 2003 22:42 > To: CF-Community > Subject: gripe > > > So, we hire this outside company to do the ecommerce for our > publications catalog, since it'll produce a cost savings to have > the same company handle production and distribution and inventory > control, etc. etc. We discuss having them do the whole website or > having us continue to do it and just passing a filled shopping > cart to them for processing. But, since I was gonna go on > maternity leave, we decide they'll do the whole thing. Well, I'm > back from maternity leave, and the site finally goes live today. > I got to take down the pre-existing version of the site (which > just had viewable/printable pdfs, but no purchase options), and > discover that their site just links to our site for the pdfs! > UGHHHHHHH! We've had about 20 conversations with them about how > this is going to get handled. What doesn't make sense about the > statement: "Your company will host the site, handle all the pdfs, > and provide a form for metadata maintenance for our publications > division?" > > To top it all off, the site is in ASP, and it's so incredibly > slow you wouldn't believe it. > > So, when I figured out that the site was linking to our pdfs > (after I'd already taken them down), I reposted all the pdfs and > called the project manager, who called the outside company, who > set up an ftp server so I could send them all the pdfs (even > though I'd already given them all of them on disk once before and > they supposedly had all the new ones since then). And, get > this....their ftp server is as slow as their web server. So, here > I am, babysitting an ftp upload that looks like it's going to > take at least an hour. > > *sigh* > > What a way to start the week. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Deanna Schneider > UWEX-Cooperative Extension > Interactive Media Developer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
