Shap -
Signups are low this morning for us too, but it has NOTHING to do with our host. Our servers at Jupiter have been fast as hell all day and nite. You don't see anyone complaining about GFY's speed, do you?
And your tour is fast as hell:
traceroute to tour.twistys.com (64.255.168.134), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 v253-gw.usc.edu (128.125.253.254) 15.682 ms 0.329 ms 0.359 ms
2 v251-gw-43.usc.edu (128.125.251.153) 0.36 ms 0.368 ms 0.342 ms
3 lax-dc1--losnettos-dc.cenic.net (137.164.23.225) 0.709 ms 0.68 ms 0.794 ms
4 dc-slo-dc2--lax-dc1-pos.cenic.net (137.164.22.25) 4.626 ms 4.589 ms 18.73 ms
5 dc-sol-dc2--slo-dc1-pos.cenic.net (137.164.22.27) 6.53 ms 6.495 ms 6.446 ms
6 dc-svl-dc1--sol-dc1-pos.cenic.net (137.164.22.29) 8.225 ms 8.159 ms 8.155 ms
7 dc-svl-dc1--svl-dc2-df-iconn-1.cenic.net (137.164.22.206) 8.41 ms 8.486 ms 8.357 ms
8 137.164.22.149 (137.164.22.149) 19.342 ms 10.93 ms 10.956 ms
9 peer1.PAIX.PaloAlto-CA.jupiterhosting.com (198.32.176.28) 12.315 ms 11.382 ms 11.71 ms
10 E1-1.CCR-1-TELCO3-COLO7-SPSC.jupiterhosting.com (64.255.167.18) 10.983 ms 10.185 ms 10.371 ms
11 lease110.jupiterhosting.com (64.255.168.134) 9.712 ms 10.69 ms 9.584 ms
Even my slow connection can load your big tour in less than 7 seconds, except a broken image you have:
URL:
http://tour.twistys.com/t1/revs=NoAdvert/
Total time: 6.6 seconds
Image URL status time size load count ref count
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/logo.gif ok 0.29 sec 20K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/top01.gif ok 0.12 sec 644 bytes 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/zdenka.jpg ok 0.24 sec 15K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/kyla.jpg ok 0.27 sec 17K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/text01.gif ok 0.28 sec 14K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/topjoin.gif ok 0.12 sec 1K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/victoria.jpg ok 0.13 sec 13K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/veronica.jpg ok 0.23 sec 13K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/kelle.jpg ok 0.29 sec 16K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/peach.jpg ok 0.28 sec 17K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/crissy.jpg ok 0.26 sec 16K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/chloe.jpg ok 0.24 sec 13K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/martina.jpg ok 0.28 sec 16K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/nika.jpg ok 0.28 sec 17K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/devon.jpg ok 0.28 sec 16K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/jenna.jpg ok 0.34 sec 17K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/jennah.jpg ok 0.28 sec 17K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/britney.jpg ok 0.28 sec 16K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/susana.jpg ok 0.29 sec 15K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/malouc.jpg ok 0.28 sec 14K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/genesis.jpg ok 0.28 sec 15K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/monica.jpg ok 0.29 sec 19K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/inside.gif ok 0.12 sec 2K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/girls/video1.jpg ok 0.29 sec 19K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/join.gif ok 0.17 sec 4K 1 1
http://tour.twistys.com/t1-images/top03.gif ok 0.05 sec 704 bytes 1 1
http://ps5.twistyscash.com/ct/imgcou...t=t1&p=REVS&r= not found 0.05 sec 277 bytes 1 1
As you say, the problem is your members server. Sounds like it's getting hammered by password traders, or spiders, or one of the many potential problems we all have when we run members servers. These things happen. On another note, I was talking to the Socal people last week, and they told me about they we doing some programming and it was affecting perfomance.