I cannot open any New York Times web sites

Factual Questions
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For the last week or so I have been unable to open any New York Times web sites. All other sites open just fine. The Times’s main site is http://www.nytimes.com Other Times sites have various extentions. Each time the site tries to open, but eventually times out, giving the error message

I tried blowing away all my cookies, but that didn’t help.

Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

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Might be a stale cache page. Assuming you’re using Windows IE, go to Tools > Internet Options. Click the Clear Temporary Files button (or Clear Files in v. 6.0). Close all IE windows and restart it.

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Can’t get the NY Times. So are you bragging, or complaining, december?

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Eh, it’s working for me. My guess would be that maybe their server was down temporarily earlier this afternoon. It’s 11:20 p.m. here, so maybe the traffic has slowed, or maybe their hamster finally managed to get hold of some bennies. :smiley:

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DDG,

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One thing to try:

http://199.239.136.200, http://199.239.136.245, http://199.239.137.200 and http://199.239.137.245

If these URLs work but http://www.nytimes.com doesn’t then the DNS server that you use is at fault.

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I run a merciless setup of anti-spyware, anti-popup, and anti-cookie programs, and I also cannot read any articles from the NYT unless I disable some or all of those programs.

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I just went to the times and it seems to work fine.

But I do get the pop-up ads.

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Thank you for your suggestions. No luck so far.

Those URLs don’t work either.

QED, I tried deleting all temporary internet files. I gather this was your suggestion. That didn’t solve the problem.

Sofa King, I don’t have any specific anti-popup programs. However, in looking at the Internet Options menu, under Privacy, there’s a slider that’s currently set to Medium – “Blocks third party cookies that use personally identifiable information without your implicit consent”

I have never tried using this menu. Is it possible that this setting somehow got out of whack? Do you have any thoughts about how I should adjust it?

FYI I have also written to the Times to ask their advice.

Further ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

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You have tried rebooting by now ?

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You can also do a traceroute to that site to make sure all the computers & hubs on the way to it are working properly…