Any reason www.python.org is slow?

[Pierre Rouleau]

On Jul 10, 9:48 am, Antoine Pitrou <solip... at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:30:11 -0700 (PDT)
>

> > I have been finding python.org site very slow for the last year and
> > probably before. Is there any known reason why the site is slow?
>
> For the last year??
> It's been mostly zippy here.
> Is IPv6 enabled on your computer? If so, I'd try to disable it.
> python.org domains resolve to both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and, if your
> computer has IPv6 enabled but you don't have any IPv6 connectivity,
> this can result in slowdowns.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.

Merci Antoine!

I did disable IPv6 on my computer at home and it did speed it up. I'll
check the other computers where I experienced the same slowness.

Thanks again!

-- Pierre