I was under the impression that if the site is busy, access is granted to registered users ahead of guests. All internet sites have the capacity to log viewers IP address and most do log viewers details.
That might be true but that isn't the message being conveyed. I have been able to browse without any difficulty until the past couple of days. It may be a capacity issue but I don't think so as I am able to load the pages with the lists of all the threads without any problems it's just when I go to open a thread that I get the message. I've had different messages in the past when the server is too busy.
Simply because those sites record your IP address, which then establishes the country you are accessing the internet from.
Yes they do/can record your IP address, that doesn't indentify the person using the computer. These sites don't require the person viewing to identify themselves with a login as is the case here.
I am just suspicious as to why this has started happening.