Well, I couldn't reproduce the problem-the website is working fine hear. Regards, Ravi Paul
On 8/24/10, prateek aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > hello folks, > I’ve been receiving a lot of ee-mails since a few days that you guys > are not able to access my site at > www.prateekagarwal.webs.com > > I know this site has proved beneficial to you in some ways and I can > say this with massive response I’ve got from your end. > Thanks for making this website a grand success. > > Unfortunately, the site is not accessible from India from a few days. > > Since a lot of people on this list have to do something with this, I > thought to write it publicly to let everyone know what’s the problem, > and also to seek your help to revive. > > A number of users have reported issues accessing my site from India > due to ISPs blocking access to Webs. > > The problem is not that my site is down! > > The problem is that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) has been > ordered by the Indian government, to block one of the IP addresses > of webs.com - that is, to block > ALL their member sites that use the address: > > http://membersite.webs.com > > THIS is why you cannot see this site, but people in other countries can! > We are told that the department responsible for the block is: > DIT (Department of Information Technology). > What we could found out, Please contact DIT. They must be the ones to > lift the block. > > A member of Webs and my good friend has helped a great deal in > contacting government authorities and finding out what was happening. > Our phone calls and emails have gone unanswered, so I believe we all > owe sarkarsweet a great big "thank you!" for his diligence. > > Accordingly, I have looked through the DIT website ( > http://www.mit.gov.in/) > and found the following useful info: > > Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General, (e-mail: > [email protected]) > > I-CERT (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ) and GC(Cyber Laws > Group Formulation & Enforcement Division), Department of Information > Technology, > Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, > Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 > Telephone: +91-11-24368544 > Fax: +91-11-24366806 > > Website Related: Webmaster Department of Information Technology & > Web Information Manager, DIT-Website > Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (Govt. of India) > Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, > Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 > Tele: 011-24301851/862 > Fax: 011-24364739 > Email: > [email protected] > > now, We need YOU to help us, by writing to this organization and > requesting the block be lifted so you can access this site. > > The webs.com > Customer support team is assiduously trying to reach the DIT and > resolve the issue, but it could not be done as of now. > Could you please try from your end to tell the government that > webs.com is not a spammer and they should not block their IP address? > > Here is a letter that has been written by the director of customer support, > Webs.com > ToDIT: > > --- > I am the Director of Customer Support for Webs.com, an international > hosting provider for individuals, groups and organizations that are > interested in > building a website. We recently became aware of a large number of our > customers in India that are not able to access their sites that are in > a specific > format ( > http://xxxxxxxx.webs.com). > > Our research in speaking with both our customers and Internet Service > Providers in India originally led us to believe that the Telecom > Regulatory Authority > of India (TRAI) has blocked IP address 216.52.115.50 (Webs.com), > rendering all of our customer's sites in the above format > inaccessible. We have since > learned from one of our customers that the Department of Information > Technology (DIT) is the entity that initiated the blockage. > > We have been advised by a customer of one of India’s ISPs (through > information obtained from the ISP) that the offending site that caused > your office to > place a global block on all of our webs.com addresses is > http://donotdial100.webs.com. > I would like to confirm with you that Webs.com has frozen this site as > of 08/11/2010. We have a very strict Terms of Service policy that > states we freeze > sites for any abuse or neglect for our Terms of Service. This is the > reason we froze the aforementioned site. If this was the only > offending site that > caused your blockage in India, we have confirmed that it has been > frozen. If there are additional offending sites, I ask that you > forward those site addresses > as soon as possible so that we can take the necessary action on those as > well. > > It is my hope and expectation that as a result of receiving this > confirmation, you will unblock all of our other users who are > legitimate, allowing them > to restore their normal course of business. Unfortunately it has been > almost two weeks since this blockage occurred. We continue to have > many unhappy customers > in India who cannot access their legitimate sites as a result, and > many unhappy Internet Service Providers who cannot do anything to help > them. You can > get a sense for the frustration of our customers there by going to our > community topic at this location: > http://support.webs.com/webs/topics/i.... > > I very much appreciate your willingness to work with us now and in the > future. It is our hope that you will be able to assist us in some way > to resolve > this unfortunate experience and allow our customer's sites to be > accessible again. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not > hesitate to contact > me directly. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance. > --- > > Update: 23 August 2010 > > We have finally tracked this down to TRAI - the Telecom regulatory > facility in India - having placed a block on Webs. We are working to > contact them to > identify the reason for the block, so we can get the block lifted. > > You might try emailing them as well: > [email protected] > > we are also thinking to file an RTI application against this blockage. > > Perhaps, you guys too can help in that. > I encourage all of you to fill one of these out as soon as possible so > they cannot ignore the problem and the severity. Here is the URL for > your convenience: > > > http://www.rtiindia.org > > We continue to work diligently toward a solution and will keep you > updated if and when > we make any progress. > > Please take some moments from your busy schedule and do the needful to > revive the site. > The help from your end in this regard will be greatly appreciated. > Please mail me your questions/comments/findings related to this at > [email protected] > > Regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Skype: > Prateek_agarwal32 > Wanna see inside me? 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