Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #217154
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 217154

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 217154] Re: Page Load Error - compression problems

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:32:08AM -0000, Alan Burbol wrote:
> I'm not sure it is even a Firefox issue. Not really sure what it is. I
> have the problem with thinkgeek.com not loading, however, it loads fine
> on the same install at a different location. For example, I can not load
> thinkgeek on my laptop at my home internet connection, but it loads fine
> at work with the internet there. Same browser, OS install, everything.
> The only thing that has changed is the internet service provider. At
> home I have Alltel Wireless Broadband, while at work it is the local
> phone company's DSL service. I don't know how much this insight will be,
> but here it is for anyone to ponder over.

Sounds like a provider issue ... probably a transparent proxy that
misbehaves. Could even be that the transparent proxy goes crazy
because it sees a ubuntu specfic user agent.

 - Alexander