# What's wrong with Hotmail?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458 "2009-02-04T19:44:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458/1 "2009-02-04T19:44:43Z")

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I’m starting to have a bad internet week.

First I had problems with [Google](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504797), then with [Rotten.com](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504908).

Now I just get a blank page when trying to get into my HOTMAIL account. WTF?

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458/2 "2009-02-04T20:14:56Z")

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Well, I guess it pays to complain. It’s up and running again.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458/3 "2009-02-04T20:16:31Z")

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I’ve noticed that Hotmail has been “hanging” the last week or so. Just wait for it…the page will load eventually.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-hotmail/484458/4 "2009-02-05T05:11:52Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> I’ve noticed that Hotmail has been “hanging” the last week or so. Just wait for it…the page will load eventually.

No, it didn’t. Unless you consider “eventually” to be 3 hours. It’s loading now, but this morning and this early afternoon it wasn’t.