Re: [Hampshire] Weird DNS issues

2014-07-23 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
To reply to myself. I swapped the router for a spare ADSL router and found that all the sites that had not been accessible were now accessible. As it wasn't an ASDL2+ router my connection speed fell by more than 50%, but at leas it confirmed it wasn't an issue with any of my PCs or my ISP. I

Re: [Hampshire] Weird DNS issues

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Scott
This is an aside to Adam's mail, but has proven useful to me. Some time back I had some persistent ADSL troubles, that eventually proved to be an unstable interface card in the BT box down the road. However .. during the troubleshooting phase one suggestion was to disconnect my router both from

[Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Stephen Davies
There were a lot of posts on the Interwebs about the fact that most people are not using the mandatory [redacted] filters at the ISP's. Some of the commenters complained that the likes of Talk-Talk were blocking their wordpress blogs for no good reason other than the fact that they were

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 14:42 23/07/2014, you wrote: There were a lot of posts on the Interwebs about the fact that most people are not using the mandatory [redacted] filters at the ISP's. Some of the commenters complained that the likes of Talk-Talk were blocking their wordpress blogs for no good reason

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Anton Piatek
I checked my self hosted WordPress blog and it was fine, is WordPress really the reason? Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 23 Jul 2014 17:41,

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:42:19 +0100, stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk said: most people are not using the mandatory [redacted] filters at the ISP's. I like AA's approach. When you sign up for an account with them, you're asked (as you must be now) whether you want a filtered connection. If

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Anton Piatek
Nice Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 23 Jul 2014 18:45, Keith Edmunds k...@midnighthax.com wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:42:19 +0100,

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread David Anderson
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 Martin N marti...@bluebottle.com wrote: I assume OpenDNS gets around these blocks. Martin OpenDNS has its own filters though -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL:

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Stephen Davies
Martin, Like you I use OpenDNS instead of my ISP's DNS, but that wasn't the point of my post. If you have your own website then you should check to see if any of the Major UK ISP's are blocking it. I found that SKY is blocking my Wordpress Blog. So far they have not responded to my

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
is it coincidence that I received, today, an email from the Department of Dirty that stated?: QUOTE The Department of Dirty is working with internet and mobile companies to stop the dirty internet. We are committed to protecting children and adults from online filth such as: - Talk

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Vic
I like AA's approach. When you sign up for an account with them, you're asked (as you must be now) whether you want a filtered connection. If you answer yes, they refuse to take you as a customer. AA don't filter. That's awesome. I've just signed up with AA this week[1]. They asked me if I