1. A method for requesting resources, the method, further comprising: a computer receiving an assignment of an Internet protocol address; the computer comparing a computer context of the computer with an intranet access criterion to form a comparison result, wherein the computer context comprises the Internet protocol address and the intranet access criterion comprises a match between the Internet protocol address and an intranet Internet protocol address; the computer selecting at least one preferred uniform resource identifier based on the comparison result indicating intranet accessible; the computer transmitting a request to a server using the at least one preferred uniform resource identifier using a packet network; the computer running a timeout clock, in response to the computer transmitting the request; and the computer determining that a timeout expired prior to receiving a response responsive to the request; and wherein the computer transmitting the request to the server comprises sending the request to a server not in an intranet, and the transmitting is responsive to the computer determining that the timeout expired.