# Why does Washington Post load slowly for me?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 28, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-washington-post-load-slowly-for-me/669852 "2013-09-28T04:23:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-washington-post-load-slowly-for-me/669852/1 "2013-09-28T04:23:55Z")

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(This question probably has a definite answer; Mods feel free to move it to GQ if you wish. OTOH, I don’t “need” an answer. My only motive in posting is idle curiosity.)

As I’ve reported several times, some websites load _very_ slowly for me. A good example is Washington Post – if I click on any news story, it usually takes _more than a minute_ before the page displays. Some other news sites also load slowly; but many load quickly. There’s so much I do not know about the Internet; understanding this slow load might be a way to start learning.

I live in Thailand; I link to Internet via _Never-heard-of-me Fly-by-Night Wifi Guy_. :smack: Yet it isn’t generally slow: Just now, while watching Washington Post load so very slowly I ran [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) connected to a server in Washington, D.C. and got 4.5 Mbps Download Speed - close to Fly-by-Night’s limit. Ping time to Washington is 318 ms.

The Washington Post page itself _sometimes_ loads quickly – I can press Control-U and read the story, though that is inconvenient. But it doesn’t display until other loads complete, e.g. from [js.washingtonpost.com](http://js.washingtonpost.com). (I understand, sort of, that the html is probably poorly organized – with proper design display should begin before the javascripts are loaded – but that isn’t my question. I just wonder why the slowness for some parts.)

Does it have anything to do with proxy servers? I’ve heard that all Internet packets are inspected (censored?) by government computers in Bangkok. True? Cause of slowdown? I’ll try to remember to test an Internet café computer and learn if the problem is specific to my Fly-by-Night connection.

As I say, the issue isn’t urgent. I’m just curious.