Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Peter B.
Sky lease the line from bt don't they? On 25 Jul 2014 21:14, Stephen Davies stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk wrote: Well SKY have responded. Here is their response Dear Customer Thank you for your email. I understand your concern about the blocked website. I would request you to

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread James Bensley
On 29 July 2014 13:13, Peter B. pet...@gmail.com wrote: Sky lease the line from bt don't they? All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT Openreach, which is a seperate company (people often forget that / get confused). BT Retail that domestic customer buy ADSL from and

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Gordon Scott
On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 13:50 +0100, James Bensley wrote: All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT Openreach, With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they have their own telephone network. I doubt that will affect any of us in the Hampshire

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Jan Henkins
On 2014-07-29 14:32, Gordon Scott wrote: [snip] With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they have their own telephone network. Isn't their Reach most of Yorkshire? I doubt that will affect any of us in the Hampshire region, though :-) Thankfully not. :-P --

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread James Bensley
On 29 July 2014 14:32, Gordon Scott gor...@gscott.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 13:50 +0100, James Bensley wrote: All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT Openreach, With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they have their own telephone

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 19:02 23/07/2014, you wrote: 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 I expect so but i expect they will be less Draconian than the get some good publicity

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 19:06 23/07/2014, you wrote: Martin, Like you I use OpenDNS instead of my ISP's DNS, but that wasn't the point of my post. Yes i understand that. 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

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Stephen Davies
Well SKY have responded. Here is their response Dear Customer Thank you for your email. I understand your concern about the blocked website. I would request you to contact your Broadband service provider and they will be able to assist you further. I hope this information has helped with

[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
it. From what I've read, I am far from the only Blog owner that has this happen. Stephen D Original Message Subject:Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 From: Martin N marti...@bluebottle.com To: stephen.dav

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
block it. From what I've read, I am far from the only Blog owner that has this happen. Stephen D Original Message Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 From: Martin N marti...@bluebottle.com marti...@bluebottle.com

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