There are several people who are complaining that Google Maps is incredibly slow for them. If you have slowness issues with Google Maps, you may be in luck. A Google Maps Help thread has a Googler helping these users by troubleshooting issues with them.
Googler, Mike CH, believes there are certain firewalls that may be causing the issue. There seem to be two issues, the first is loading the map tiles and the second is trouble loading the JavaScript "brain" of the site.
Mike is asking these users to run traceroutes and disable their firewalls. If you are also having issues with Google Maps, you may want to participate in the thread.
Forum discussion at Google Maps Help.
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rustybrick in Other Google Topics at April 1, 2009 8:08 AM
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I have uninstalled the firewall, removed the hub and wireless connections, cleared all temp files, internet temp files, history, updated and run virus scan, spybot, and an ad ware remover. I have also choosen the HTML option. I would like to stick with google. I have the google toolbar etc. But this length of wait with IE7 is beyond belief. 4+ min on a dsl 4mb connection. PLease help. TIA -Jack-
Posted by Jack at June 11, 2009 17:11