Our classic ASP (not ASP.NET) website is taking 10 seconds to initial display and we're trying to make a case to our web host that it is something in their settings that is causing this delay. As a test, we created a test ASP page with just the word "hello" in it, called hello.asp. When visiting that page, it also takes up to 10 seconds to display. We also created a simple HTM file with 1 word in it called hello.htm. When we visit that page, it runs instantly, leading us to believe that the problem is with the web server's handling of ASP pages. But we don't know what settings to advise the web host to inspect. We just provided a link to both hello.asp and hello.htm pages so that they could see for themselves. Here is the content of the ASP version of the page:
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%>
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Hello</title>
</head>
<body>hello
</body>
</html>
Any advice as to how we can direct the web host to target their investigation? They seem stumped.