Seems to be up everywhere I try from. Places like isup.me and isitdownrightnow.com agree, and I can get to it using australia-proxy.com.

DNS timeout? Request timeout? Try from a proxy?

It's not a DNS problem as I get to the site, but it times out without displaying the first page.  I was successful in getting to the site via a US proxy.  Thanks.

Where are you trying to access the site from?

I am in Australia.  Thinking about it, the DNS may be pointing to the wrong IP address.  The result I get for windows.php.net is 195.8.208.241.

I tried to use the proxy australia-proxy.com, which seems to be based in the US, the 4FreeProxy.nu however seems to be located in SW, and that works too.

Are you on some local network or other type of firewall that could potentially block the site?

C:\>ping windows.php.net

Pinging windows.php.net [195.8.208.241] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=118
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=118
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=118
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=118

Ping statistics for 195.8.208.241:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 34ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 34ms

(Notice the IP is the same as yours)

Microsoft operates the site and I doubt they have blocked you out

Ping seems ok:

Pinging windows.php.net [195.8.208.241] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=117
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=303ms TTL=116
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=116
Reply from 195.8.208.241: bytes=32 time=332ms TTL=117

Ping statistics for 195.8.208.241:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 303ms, Maximum = 333ms, Average = 318ms

My ISP's network is iiNet. A trace route shows that I can get to the site:

Tracing route to windows.php.net [195.8.208.241]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  home.gateway.home.gateway [192.168.1.254]
  2     4 ms     3 ms     3 ms  lo0.bng1.syd4.on.ii.net [150.101.32.83]
  3     3 ms     3 ms     3 ms  ae7.cr1.syd4.on.ii.net [150.101.34.28]
  4   326 ms   304 ms   297 ms  ae5.br1.syd4.on.ii.net [150.101.33.48]
  5   342 ms   295 ms   315 ms  ae0.br1.syd7.on.ii.net [150.101.33.15]
  6   295 ms   294 ms   305 ms  te0-2-0-3.br2.sjc2.on.ii.net [203.16.213.158]
  7   296 ms   294 ms   294 ms  te1-2-0.bdr1.lon1.on.ii.net [150.101.33.96]
  8   307 ms   307 ms   306 ms  80.249.208.189
  9   337 ms   338 ms   336 ms  nikhef.openpeering.nl [82.150.154.25]
 10   311 ms   312 ms   311 ms  openpeering.eun.ams.duocast.net [82.150.155.75]
 11   311 ms   310 ms   310 ms  xe-0-0-0.er-r23.tcn.as31477.net [89.188.4.34]
 12   309 ms   305 ms   303 ms  windows.php.net [195.8.208.241]

Trace complete.

This has only happened recently, so I assume that iiNet my be at fault.

Hi Dmaisey

I had a friend who lives in Sydney try it out and he said the site loaded flawlessly, his ISP is Optus. Let us know your findings, 

Thanks

Sorry guys, all my problem.  It appears that my broadband router does not play properly with my ISP.  This problem started when I was migrated from ADSL to direct fibre connection.  I have now bought a new router and all is working as expected.  Sorry to cause any problems.