bert515: On and off yes. But still frustrating when the white page freezes and I have to leave the site, which happened several times this morning.

crosseyed: i have never have problems with this site, i am in the netherlands, using both old and new equipment, using various types of browser (internet explorer, firefox, opera), on pc or laptop or android phone

one thing which might be different on my systems than the default systems is that i dont keep my history or cache (except on my phone) .. maybe a large history or old cached files can cause problems ?

Hrqls: I agree with you... I do the same thing. I'm in the USA, and have never experienced these sorts of problems. Occasionally, the site may run a little bit slow at times, but nothing that prevents me from making my moves. I used to have all kinds of problems when I wasn't clearing the cache, but now that it is set up automatically to clear the cache, I don't have issues.

cd power: well I *don't* clear the cache, neither automatically nor manually, and I don't have issues. So I think it's not the cache.
What I sometimes see is delays in DNS resolving or in the hops - to verify that, open a CMD window (Start/Run/ type 'CMD'), and enter there "tracert www.brainking.com". You can then see which servers you hop along until you get there. If the shown delays in milliseconds suddenly jump up, you see the server that is the issue. (nothing you can do about it though).
Also, try to connect to http://81.91.83.6 (the server IP from the last line in the list - type/copy it in your browser) instead to www.brainking.com. This avoids speed issues with your DNS, which are quite common. The only disadvantage is that when Fencer moves the server, the number becomes invalid