[LINK] Fairfax sites really slow?

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

Richard,

SMH works OK for me on IE 6.0.28. Loads as quickly as any other site.

Netscape 7.1 loads in the same sort of time but looks a mess.

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Linkers,
> 
> So here I am on a decent broadband connection (1.5 Mbps), and the kids 
> are doing other stuff so I know their downloads are not killing the link 
> ... anyhow, on the office on Friday I had the same symptoms (BTW: 
> Firefox on Mac OSX, JS on or off makes no difference).
> 
> Fairfax sites may as well be off the Internet, they're loading so slowly.
> 
> Domain half-loads, then after displaying for a second, it tries to 
> reload, I think because of the ad server rules, and goes blank and never 
> comes back.
> 
> The Sydney Morning Herald simply doesn't load at all - just says 
> "loading". The Age lives up to its name.
> 
> I wonder how many people are advocating "we need more and faster 
> broadband" when they actually need "Websites that aren't designed by 
> malicious morons"?
> 
> It's not solely a Fairfax phenomenon - I note that Justlisted may as 
> well be hosted on Pluto.
> 
> Since I have plenty of sites open that work 100% fine - including The 
> Register, Slashdot, New Scientist, Australian IT, and various 
> woodworking sites - I have to wonder: what is it about new site deisgn 
> that on 1.5 or even the office 24 Mbps links, the sites are stupidly 
> slow? Is it the effects of useless redirects to ad servers? ( I notice 
> lots of "waiting for syndication.google" or "waiting for sensis.com.au" 
> on the deaders). Or something else?
> 
> RC
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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au