# Anyone else having trouble accessing YouTube?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767 "2009-02-14T01:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767/1 "2009-02-14T01:12:51Z")

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I got a few time-outs. As I began to post this, the page finally did load. But it’s very, very slow.

If it’s not YouTube, is there something I can check on my end?

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767/2 "2009-02-14T01:14:47Z")

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It’s slow on my end too. Probably just temporary server load.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767/3 "2009-02-14T01:44:27Z")

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I unplugged the modem, plugged it back in, did the dishes, and now it seems to be working normally.

But if you were also having problems, then it must have been on their end.

Thanks for replying. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767/4 "2009-02-14T01:53:58Z")

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I was having problems. It seems to be fixed.

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**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-youtube/485767/5 "2009-02-14T02:53:57Z")

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I was unable to load YouTube around the time of the OP, but it’s fine now. (I would’ve replied earlier, but I was surfing a different forum. Sorry. I’ll try to do better next time. ;))