Wikipedia

[dantilley]

Is it just me, or has Wikipedia become incredibly slow over the last couple of days, to the point where it's barely usable? The most I can get from any page is a plan text version (i.e. no CSS), and even that can take 10 minutes to appear for even a short page. Connecting on True, generally a decent line, all other sites are fine... Is this a known problem with Wiki?

[Sateev]

I'm on a Smartzone WiFi system (which is generally crap), and their lines are True Highspeed, and Wikipedia opens just fine. Generally, your local ISP may have problems with their proxy/cache server (like Squid), and it shows up as slow access.

[flash77]

I've also experienced these same problems with Wikipedia at work. At home on TOT Wikipedia works fine. I thought it may be something our IT people did, but perhaps its our ISP (don't know who the ISP is). So no, its not just you.

[haveaniceday]

Working Fine here 3BB, I agree with the post above 100%

Not related to the OP, but any major ISP using SQUID should be shot,,,,, but TIT, they probably are !!!! Many Thai games arcades pretending to be internet cafe`s use SQUID.

[dantilley]

Now the home page displays fine: admittedly, I don't think I've been to the main home page before just now, I always went to bookmarked inside pages, and also the home page I'm seeing could be cached. Trying to go to any non-home page still won't display - it seems to be getting stuck on something coming from bits.wikimedia.org.

Not tried at home (on TOT there, same as flash77) but will do later.

[Pib]

Wiki working fine for me...I'm in Bangkok on a True 20Mb DOCSIS (cable) internet plan.

[Pseudolus]

Check your IP address by typing into google My Ip - it will display it. If you have anything other than a number beginning 58. then restart your modem a few times until you do. True keep sticking people behind a proxy which is a load of rubbish basically and incredibly slow. I also think it filters content as well but that might be just me.

[dantilley]

My IP doesn't begin with 58, but then it never has and Wiki was working fine before. This is a network connection at work, by the way, so restarting the modem isn't an option.

[dantilley]

Wiki at home (TOT) works fine. Must be a True thing... one of those things that will just sort itself out eventually I hope...?