A question about speed...

Hi Guys:

I use quite a bit of PHP on my Web site.  This is great in terms of the 
power it gives me, but I get the feeling that there are quite a few 
disadvantages to it as well.  ...

I've decided to submit my question to THIS email list rather than to the 
HWG-languages one because I don't think my issue has to do with my use of 
the PHP language itself.  Please correct me if you think I'm wrong about this.

Anyway, the problem I am concerned with is display speed.  My pages paint 
themselves quickly enough, once they start to paint.

However, there are many times of the day when the browser says, "Waiting to 
connect." or "Waiting for reply." for 10 or more seconds before the page 
even begins to download.

And yet, at other times of the day, it takes, like 3 seconds or so for the 
page to start downloading.

Take, for example, this very uncomplicated page: 
http://armadillosoft.com/index.php3
Or, this one, which is more 
complicated.  http://www.armadillosoft.com/dillo/index.php3

This problem seemed to get worse when my ISP moved me from one of their 
servers to another.  Do you think it's just that the new server is slower 
than the previous one?

Do you have suggestions about how I can find out what might have caused 
this or what (buzzwords??? like, "OPTIMIZED for PHP???!!!") to look for if 
I am investigating a new ISP?

TIA,

Emily


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