Are Ad.Turn.com Delays Affecting Your Web Browsing Experience?

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In summary, during mid and late afternoon on the US east coast, there were delays of tens of seconds in loading pages due to trouble connecting to "ad.turn.com". However, others were able to ping the site with a quick response time and pages loaded quickly. The person speaking has since dropped the advertising company, which should improve speeds. They express gratitude and wonder if there were other reasons for making this change besides their own complaints.
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Nugatory
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Mid and late afternoon, US east coast.
Delays of tens of seconds showing pages, waiting for "ad.turn.com"

Are others seeing this is or is it just that my ISP is having trouble talking to ad.turn.com?
 
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I can ping "ad.turn.com" with 28ms, and pages load quickly.
 
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You'll be happy to know I have dropped that advertising company. Speeds should be improved.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
You'll be happy to know I have dropped that advertising company. Speeds should be improved.

Thank you thank you thank you.
(and I presume that you had more reason to do this than just my anecdotal whining?)
 
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Nugatory said:
Thank you thank you thank you.
(and I presume that you had more reason to do this than just my anecdotal whining?)

You are downplaying your prominence here :)

If you are having problems, it's likely many more are too but remain silent.
 

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