504 Gateway Timeout?

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waynegohl

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what does is mean i been getting it alot lately on my overseas forums.
 
bad yes, for every sa dsl user.:mad:
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bad int speeds since last week and dns errors
 
ha ha sorry while i was on an overseas forum this thread was open and it also showed 504 gateway timeout at the bottom of my screen and i thought the same was happenening to this site. MY BAD.
 
waynegohl said:
what does is mean i been getting it alot lately on my overseas forums.
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This usually means that the transparent caching proxies are failing to load the page you have requested. This could be due to a number of reasons including DNS problems, link failures between the proxy and the site hosts, congestion, faults on the proxies themselves, etc.

All internet access providers have these proxies - different ones just reflect their errors differently. Some show a blank page and some display different types of errors.
 
Been getting these for ages now, at home on dial up mostly, but now and then here at work on ADSL as well.

Seems like something has become unstable in the core adsl network, apart from the Verizon issue. I know the lack of bandwidth every end of month is one issue, but these time outs and sluggish behaviour are worse.
 
Asha'man X said:
Been getting these for ages now, at home on dial up mostly, but now and then here at work on ADSL as well.

Seems like something has become unstable in the core adsl network, apart from the Verizon issue. I know the lack of bandwidth every end of month is one issue, but these time outs and sluggish behaviour are worse.
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Was about t post a similar thread here.

For the last 10 days I have struggled with international speed. Just moved to my new VPS on Thursday and was worried that it was slower that my old one. Thanks goodness this explains it, whew!!!

Seems Helkom is throttling us all again :(

PS using saol.com 5gb as isp

This is not cool, it is going to effect all of us looking to make a living on the net.

Spoke to a family friend the other day, he has to transfer vast amounts of data (3d mapping of terrain for entire countries) and he reckons he bypasses helkom by using satellite connectivity. Anyone got an idea of cost for this? Could be OK if you share with a few people in close proximity??

Just relieved this is a universal problem (sorry) and not my new host. :)
 
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