so i made an attempt to contact telus so they could explain the situation with the indymedia sites. i was put in touch with someone who said his name was ekemini (827170). he said that the http://bc.indymedia.org and http://victoria.indymedia.org sites do not exist. however, a friend who has shaw could access the site which i informed them of. this is when ekemini (827170) askes me to try this site http://cnn.com and askes me to read him the headline which was Suspected Al-Zarqawi deputy arrested in Iraq i asked him why? what the relevance was to this situation and he simply asked me to read it. instead i read him the other smaller headline: U.S.: Guards, detainees mishandled Quran
after a longtime on hold the tech cameback and said that they would run a test around my area and location which turned out that that telus couldn't access the sites http://bc.indymedia.org nor the http://victoria.indymedia.org . from here i was informed that the problem and information and the results from my trace rout and ping test which i had to forward to them would be sent to "apps dept" -- they are the domain hosting service for telus. they would get back to me in 48hrs. strange times Ishaq wrote:
for your info (below is a note by one telus tech (peter tech #82359)) as visitor and contributor to the vic and bc indy media sites which
has the most inforamtion on black politics, islam and muslim issues, as well as local police brutality, i wish to inform you that telus internet subscribers have been blocked from viewing your site for the past week and the problem still persists and is unresolved by telus.
on june 2 i spoke with tech named ben who said that issue was with
telus and it was being resolved within 24hrs. he also said that when he went to access the site it simply sent him to http://victoria.indymedia.org.com. however, when he spoke with a tech who did not use telus the site was reached.
i attempted to access the address 24hrs later and the attempt failed. on june 3 i spoke with peter who simply sent me this note after 1
hour of running around and being placed on hold countless times by him. peter (peter tech #82359) refused to do a trace route from telus and insisted that i preform the trace route which i did and the result was the the sites did not exist.
on june 4 i spoke with jahan who refuse again to perform a trace
route, placed me on hold and then refused to explain, said that it was "irellivant", as to why
telus members cannot reach the site and others can who are employed
with telus but do not use telus as a server. each time i asked he accuse me of not "cooperting" and threaten to terminate unless i stop asking question and just do another trace route. any questions is asked we dodged.
when as a telus subscriber, i, and apparently others, attempt to view
the sites the connection times out or redirects the telus client to http://victoria.indymedia.org.com. we as telus subscribers are being denied access to the bc and victoria indie media sites.
sincerely ishaq -------- Original Message -------- Subject: bc.indymedia.org Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:33:09 -0400 From: Telus Technical Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tried to find this website but it does not exist. bc.indymedia.org or victoria.indymedia.org Please double check the address or try www.indymedia.org Peter
