My site is hosted in the US (West Coast). Lately, I noticed significant loading delays especially in the afternoon (Currently, I live in Belgium/NW Europe). The main page is not exceptionally heavy on resources (html + CSS + js libraries + images = approx 90K), yet quite often up to 40s.. 90 s are required to download the page over DSL, especially in the afternoon.
The main page is essentially pure html (no db access). The ISP attributes the delay to the fact that the server is busy loading and re-compiling the application prior to rendering the first page. To minimize this, they provide the possibilty of keeping the app in server memory against a yearly fee.
I am partially sceptical of their answer. I thought that once ASP resources were compiled, they'll stay so afterward. But, I also noticed that some ASP.NET ISP's recognize that delays may be caused by data being transmitted over long wires. A leading US ASP ISP recently has decided to open a date ...
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