[LINK] Fairfax sites really slow?

[Richard Chirgwin]

Thanks Jan and everyone else. Since I have run with-and-without 
blockers, images and Javascript to no effect, and since I've tried on 
different links (home and office), the problem must be associated with 
my setup in some way.

RC

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 05:25 PM 3/06/2007, you wrote:
>> 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?
>
> I tested:
> The Age
> The Australian
> The Australian IT
> SMH
>
> they all came up really quick on a 512 link. I am using Firefox 2.0 
> with no scripts and adblock running.
>
>
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