OT: Patriots.com loading issues - New England Patriots Forums

***Horace's Ivories*** · 08-09-2010, 08:38 PM

sorry to post this here - is anyone having problems loading the patriots.com site? I downloaded new adobe flash but it still hangs up or takes forever. any suggestions?- thanks

captain insano · 08-09-2010, 11:53 PM

all i can say is get used to it. as the season goes on it will only get worse. this board has had many ungrades over the years but nothing seems to help.

pherein · 08-10-2010, 12:05 AM

It could be dns. Try plugging in opendns servers IP numbers in to your network configuration control panel. You would allow your computer to use DHCP, but change your DNS to use manual. Then enter these servers.

208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220

Save and try the website again after closing your browser.

If that does not work, you might have "warn when visiting a fraudulent website"
checked in your Security browser settings. Uncheck it and retry.

hope that helps

remember to change your DNS setting back if it doesn't work.

***Patjew*** · 08-10-2010, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by captain insano

all i can say is get used to it. as the season goes on it will only get worse. this board has had many ungrades over the years but nothing seems to help.

That seems like a fitting freudian slip. The Patriots' website sucks so bad it should be the Jets' website.

***shmessy*** · 08-10-2010, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by captain insano

all i can say is get used to it. as the season goes on it will only get worse. this board has had many ungrades over the years but nothing seems to help.

The OP is writing about Patriots.com, not Patsfans.com, Captain.

***Patjew*** · 08-10-2010, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by shmessy

The OP is writing about Patriots.com, not Patsfans.com, Captain.

I was so blinded by my hatred of patriots.com I didn't even notice that.

**Ian** · 08-10-2010, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by captain insano

all i can say is get used to it. as the season goes on it will only get worse. this board has had many ungrades over the years but nothing seems to help.

I had us switched over to two machines last year - and we haven't had any issues since, even with 5,000+ on here. So no - there hasn't been any problems with the forum since the beginning of last year, and there won't be any problems this season.

As for Patriots.com my complaint is the Bob's Furniture guy coming and blasting out through my speakers every single time I go onto it. Very annoying

RayClay · 08-10-2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Patjew

I was so blinded by my hatred of patriots.com I didn't even notice that.

It is the worst website in the world.

What I do, is use google advanced search, limit domain name patriots.com and just search for terms from there.

PatsFan37 · 08-10-2010, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Patjew

I was so blinded by my hatred of patriots.com I didn't even notice that.

I can't go there any more. If I have to look up a player on the roster, I force myself, but it's so slow and so busy with so much junk, it's an effort.

Someone got enamored with the technology and didn't test the site over a slow link (or with an adult mind).

**Ian** · 08-10-2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Pewsterbaby

Go around the league. Pats site is second to none.

That is true - aside from the annoying Bob's Guy, the other team sites out there don't provide the same amount of information - which makes it hard to research things week-to-week. I catch the press conferences as much as I can, although the podcasts I never get a chance to listen to live - I usually catch them on my Ipod.

But I do agree - if you take a second to surf around the other "official" websites out there, Patriots.com certainly has more info out there than the majority of the others.