FGW might get WiFi by the end of the year. It probably took time to get steam powered routers. On 15 Jan 2014 15:40, "HJ Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI, it's the same on First Hull Trains. > > Interestingly, CrossCountry don't block Commons, and they're owned by the > same company as Chiltern (unless that's changed recently?). > > As Fae says, East Midlands Trains (when the WiFi works!) don't block > Commons, and East Coast likewise. I've not been on First Great western for > years so I don't know about them; I'm not sure any other train companies > have WiFi (Northern Rail and First Transpenine Express certainly don't). > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: 024 7698 0977 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > > On Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 0:49, Sarah Noble < > [email protected]> wrote: > There may be some "for bandwidth reasons" excuse that Chiltern use to > block Commons; that's why East Coast block imgur (and YouTube) after all. > If you can get their wifi to work. > > What's the reason for blocking Grindr anyway, Fae? And would they also > block, say, okcupid? > > > On 14 January 2014 20:47, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Normally the blocking page gives you a link to write to as this is > often contracted out. I believe most of these filtering services try > to respond to reasonable unblocking requests. > > East Midland trains are fine for Wikimedia projects but block > Wikipediocracy (hurrah). I'll not be bothering to write to them about > unblocking Wikipediocracy and though they also block Grindr, I think > most lads use their mobile data for socializing. > > On 14 January 2014 20:26, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > > For some time, Chiltern Trains free Wi-Fi has been blocking Wikimedia > > Commons, as: > > > > This site was categorized in: Photo Sharing, > > File Storage, Software/Technology, Research/ > > Reference, Non-Profits, Visual Search Engines > > > > Wikipedia, including its commons-hosted images, is not blocked. I have > > reached out to them more than once on Twitter to ask for an unblock, > > or who to speak to about requesting one, but they have never replied. > > > > Apart from e-mailing them ,which I shall do shortly, what other action > > might we take, as a community? Do any of you have contacts in the > > organisation? > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > [email protected] http://j.mp/faewm > Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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