ken (tech #830816) of telus has informed me today that it is a
possibility that bc and victoria indy media have decided to ban all
telus ip adresses from their site which this behavior would fall under
further dirty tricks by certain victoria and indy media admins who wish
to limit access to this public site and limit the flow of information.
the lack or response or concern by bc and vic indy media admins
concerning this issue might make clear that perhaps it has been an
attempt to target an individual or people, such as those who post
articles or have sympathies concerning muslim, black, native and pro
palestinian issues and those the object and expose local police
brutality -- using dirty tricks.
as of 9:49pm
steve rabouin of telus has confirmed that it is in fact that it is bc
and victoria indymedia who are banning telus IPs from their site.
dirty tricks if full effect
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
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 --------
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
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