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The former.Are we talking problems, because someone might be turning it off (like china or myanmar), or problems because of bad infrastructure (like rural places, emerging countries)? Different problems with different solutions.
As many of you know, we have a dear forum friend who lives in a part of the world where regular internet shutdowns and slowdowns have become a fact of life. She is able to access email and zoom, but getting on the forum is nearly impossible.
I am unable to offer any suggestions, but I am happy to be the go-between.
That’s a good heads up. I will make sure to pass along this information.I don’t have any specific knowledge, but I wouldn’t want any suggestion I made to get someone in trouble.
I believe that the military in Myanmar are deliberately slowing the Internet and as a result Tor and VPN's are just as slow as a straight browser.As many of you know, we have a dear forum friend who lives in a part of the world where regular internet shutdowns and slowdowns have become a fact of life. She is able to access email and zoom, but getting on the forum is nearly impossible.
I am unable to offer any suggestions, but I am happy to be the go-between.
I wish I could connect with Ivar or Rick because they might have some other ideas besides getting rid of my cache/cookies and reinstalling Firefox. The speed is the same on my phone or my laptop, and while sometimes I can get in to read posts (it takes forever), I'm wondering if the software The Forum uses shares some key characteristics with Facebook or Twitter, which are both blocked here.
I am happy to relay the messages, fingers crossed that some of you can help. Buen camino, Laurie
For those Internet old timers in the crowd, I might suggest she browse the site with the Lynx web browser, but I don't know how well the site works with it.Ask Ivar if there is a low graphics version of the Forum software that he can enable for people on slow links.
I agree with Les. Hopefully there is someone on this forum or knows someone that is well versed in this area and knows what the serious repercussions may be if she attempts to use some work around that has been set up by a totalitarian regime. Even for just coming to our sight this person could face profound and life changing repercussions. I have no idea but better to be safe.That’s a good heads up. I will make sure to pass along this information.
How blessed are we who do not have to deal with this internal terrorism--yet anyway.The former.
I use Lite mode on my phone all the time and I don't have any problems accessing the Forum. This probably means that the problems are related to Internet issues.A note from Myanmar —
It's late and I just blew through a couple of hours futzing around trying to install a VPN. I can download the app but then I can't sign in— that latter step seems blocked. But Doughnut's Chrome Lite mode does seem to make a big difference. So I can read at least. The thing is, the page never fully loads and what is missing is is any ability to interact, so I can't reply or even easily like a post. But it's hugely better than nothing.
So, many thanks to all the forum helpers. I am going to be the relay messenger — from Myanmar via email to me to the forum!
And I. have also communicated all the concerns about legality and possible repercussions. Thanks so much to everyone!
DuckDuckGo is search engine and not a browser.I’ve used DuckDuckGo as an anonymous browser, but repressive regimes are likely on to sites such as that.
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