Senior Forums Really Slow?
- Thread starter Jules
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Jazzy1
Got A Cracker?
- Location
- Adirondack Region NY
This is what's causing the problem:
Internet services outage leaves websites and apps lagging ...
Naturally
Well-known Member
- Location
- Corner of Walk 'n Don't Walk
At first I thought the clicker on my mouse was broken ... click click click click click
Be thankful it hasn't fallen and can't get back up. 
MACKTEXAS
Well-known Member
YES.
I logged out, then tried to pay my life insurance policy online with Prudential. It failed. I cannot reach anyone at Prudential by phone. Then I tried to pay my home insurance and the system would not work. I called State Farm, their system is down (all morning). Put lunch on the table, turned on the news 8 minutes ago to watch it - they say nationwide outages with many sites caused by Amazon as you stated.
Posting this, then logging off.
CallMeKate
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic US
The Amazon cloud outage was this morning. The site's been slow for a few days.
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CallMeKate
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic US
Third day for me as well. I assumed it was my computer doing some upgrade, so I was glad to see your post, Jules.
WOLF ANGEL
A Fool on the Hill
It seems an International Internet Issue - Slow connections, freezing screen and drop offs for a good few days now
MACKTEXAS
Well-known Member
I had a phone call from Prudential and an agent took my call and my payment 10 minutes ago; said their system is now up and running, so I logged back into SF to see how this site is working. Still slow as before and the State Farm site is still inoperable. Service restoration may be gradual across the board and intermittent per the noon news reports. I don't see how anyone can rule out which sites are impacted, but just saying what my experiences are as of right now: 12:53 CST time.
OldFeller
Well-known Member
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
Like us it's getting slower in its old age.
I wonder if this has anything to do with all of that/this...?
(Prolly not, but interesting coincidence).
Amazon Web Services are recovering again after global internet outage
Me too, went to pay some bills and Page Can't be found pops up. Something definitely going on with something. Seems like
every place that you sent money across for me is showing error.
Did maybe those types of sites get messed up in the new Windows change thing?
I just spent over 2 hours cleaning up space in my PC thinking I was overdo to declutter it. Well, at least I know it's clean now
for awhile.
OldFeller
Well-known Member
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
I wanted to log into Medicare.gov yesterday. The site sent me a two factor id code by phone call. I never got the phone call but instead got a voice mail saying security was important to them etc.... I tried 3 times to log in and each time the same thing happened.
So I called medicare to get help and she ended up disabling two factor identification on my acoount and I was able to log in after that. Now the site says this if I try to log in...
System Maintenance
Login page is currently unavailable right now. Please try again later.Visit Medicare.gov for the latest in Medicare benefits and resources.
MACKTEXAS
Well-known Member
Before today (some members say for the past 3 days) I have noticed a slower than normal experience using this site. But I would say that the problem was only 10-20% as bad as today, so I do believe it is related, that's why I posted my experiences, just as others have posted links to the Amazon issues.
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Marquest
Senior Member
- Location
- Bay Area CA
Yes. Good to know it isn[t just me.
MACKTEXAS
Well-known Member
What surprises me the most about your post is that Medicare is even answering the phone during the shutdown (but SS and Medicare use separate guidelines).
For some reason, I don't have 2 step set up on my Medicare. I log in once a month to keep the account active.
That's also strange about the system maintenance message you got. I wouldn't think Amazon services would be anything used by Medicare, so it may just be routine maintenance.
Who knows, what we're seeing / hearing today in the news about all this may be the tip of the iceberg with international global tech issues. Time will tell.
MoBeans
Member
Pe
It's alarming how fragile the internet has become.
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shedevil7953
Member
- Location
- central Indiana
Maybe server problems?
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Oh dear I initially read the title of this thread as ‘Senior Forums Reality Show’. That would be interesting lol
It was slow for me late last night. I just got back on here so I will see how this goes. I did hear about some world problem with web sites but not sure what that entails.
Edit: this post posted very fast just now from my computer. I had problems with my phone though last night.
Edit: this post posted very fast just now from my computer. I had problems with my phone though last night.