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I am trying to access an unsecured web site. I have tried more than one computer. The error message that comes up is 'The connection has timed out'. What do I do?

I am trying to access an unsecured web site. I have tried more than one computer. The error message that comes up is 'The connection has timed out'. What do I do?

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this problem might occur if you are running a bi-torrent client (along with Firefox) at a slow connection speed (100Kb per sec or below)