Why is Wikipedia always so slow?

[yankeesfan]

Eh?

Even connecting to the main page.

 

[Strk]

Donate a massive sum of money and increase their bandwith; problem solved.

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: Strk
Donate a massive sum of money and increase their bandwith; problem solved.

I thought Google volunteered to host Wikipedia...

 

[daniel1113]

I am pretty sure Wikipedia is operated on donations and nothing more. I've not heard anything about a relationship with Google.

 

[StrangerGuy]

It's popularity surged exponentially in the recent years.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
I am pretty sure Wikipedia is operated on donations and nothing more. I've not heard anything about a relationship with Google.

If google offered to host, wouldn't that BE a donation?

 

[Ronstang]

If there weren't so many dumbasses in the world these days that have to look everything up it would be faster for you.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: daniel1113
I am pretty sure Wikipedia is operated on donations and nothing more. I've not heard anything about a relationship with Google.

If google offered to host, wouldn't that BE a donation?

Uh, yeah. That's why I said "I've not heard anything about a relationship with Google." Read much?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Because the hardware/network is not capable of supporting the current level of traffic. Try editing pages, that takes a minute or two for each page.