Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Mar 16th 2008, 9:43 pm
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Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
There are reports that the entire Blogger and/or Blogspot domains are being blocked by Du, in the freezones as well. This apparently happened about the same time my blog was blocked (though at the time those on Du still seemed to be able to access me).
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
Mar 17th 2008, 2:28 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
There are reports that the entire Blogger and/or Blogspot domains are being blocked by Du, in the freezones as well. This apparently happened about the same time my blog was blocked (though at the time those on Du still seemed to be able to access me).
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
Mar 17th 2008, 3:49 am
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Mar 17th 2008, 3:59 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Both available in Oman.
Mar 17th 2008, 12:32 pm
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Ah well. Just so long as I'm not singlehandedly bringing down the whole of Blogger, hopefully it's just a technical glitch in some "free"zones.
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
Mar 17th 2008, 5:06 pm
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Thanks for the mirror link......
Mar 17th 2008, 5:49 pm
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Ah well. Just so long as I'm not singlehandedly bringing down the whole of Blogger, hopefully it's just a technical glitch in some "free"zones.
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
Mar 18th 2008, 9:46 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
There are reports that the entire Blogger and/or Blogspot domains are being blocked by Du, in the freezones as well. This apparently happened about the same time my blog was blocked (though at the time those on Du still seemed to be able to access me).
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
Can anyone confirm what is being blocked and where? And does anyone have any more knowledge about this.
samuraisam has posted about it on UAE community blog but presumably if it is blocked, those affected are going to be unable to respond there.
I cannot access any blogspot.com website including the UAE community blog (http://uaecommunity.blogspot.com/). This has been going on for a week now. I am with Du in the Dubai Marina.
Mar 19th 2008, 5:56 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Just tried accessing the UAE Community blog using Du in the Springs, and it's timing out.
First sign of blocking I've ever seen with Sahm/Du. Course, it works fine with VPN switched on
First sign of blocking I've ever seen with Sahm/Du. Course, it works fine with VPN switched on
Mar 19th 2008, 6:44 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Thanks!
Mar 19th 2008, 8:12 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
You have a PM. Probably best to keep this sort of thing under the radar
Mar 20th 2008, 8:00 pm
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Ah well. Just so long as I'm not singlehandedly bringing down the whole of Blogger, hopefully it's just a technical glitch in some "free"zones.
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
There's a mirror on LiveJournal anyway. I will add an accessible link to the Blogspot comment pages on each new post (via the numerical Blogger ID).
The comments are generally far more interesting than most of my posts
Blimey...
Mar 21st 2008, 6:30 am
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Re: Blogger/Blogspot blocked in freezones/Du?
Yeah - but go here and you can sign up for a feed, which will contain (working) links to the comments pages for each new post. The comments are usually the most interesting part
Alternatively any RSS reader should work, such as Google Reader.
Alternatively any RSS reader should work, such as Google Reader.
Mar 21st 2008, 10:25 am
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