Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
I mean, if a vpn works, that means it's not on SE's side.
It could very well be on SE's side if one of NTT's nodes is taking a dump -- which btw happens relatively often. And yes, NTT having issues is SE's side since they're contracted be SE. Using a VPN is usually a good way to bypass those potato nodes.

Here's an entire thread on it that is still being regularly bumped.