Are Sky are blocking websites?

Mr. G

You can use any browser with Sky. No one standard browser.

Stinicker

Basq wrote: »

Am not at home.. but wonder if it's related to DNS?

Try changing your DNS to OpenDNS..

Nice one! , I should have thought of it earlier, I changed network settings to OpenDNS

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

and left the rest set to obtain an address automatically and one of the websites which was not showing up is now working and I am convinced the other website is just down!

So I wonder are they doing some sort of DNS filtering?

For those whom I have PM'd I actually rang Sky and told them about the blocked website and the reaction of the indian call centre guy was priceless!

Swampy

Wikipedia? Someone please tell me of this elusive website?? What forums are you referring to? It' wreaking my chops.

ahnowbrowncow

Stinicker wrote: »

For those whom I have PM'd I actually rang Sky and told them about the blocked website and the reaction of the indian call centre guy was priceless!

How was it priceless??? I need to know, so tell me now.

Please?

Zillah

Stinicker wrote: »

the reaction of the indian call centre guy was priceless!

There was a glowing box on my doorstep today. I opened it up and what I found inside was utterly amazing! So anyway see you later.

Basq

Stinicker wrote: »

Nice one! , I should have thought of it earlier, I changed network settings to OpenDNS

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

and left the rest set to obtain an address automatically and one of the websites which was not showing up is now working and I am convinced the other website is just down!

I use OpenDNS for everything to be honest..

.. if only you could change it on the bloody router.

I'm half tempted to ditch the Sky Hub and throw back in my Netopia.

swoofer

warez is coming back as "SERVER BUSY"

tylercheribini

as anyone that switched noticed any improvement in speed?particularly eircom which im thinking of switching from.i know they are just re packaging their product but sky claim they will provide as fast as the line will go,which should be faster than what im on at the mo

Harry Deerpark

http://help.sky.com/broadband/website-problems/websites-showing-as-blocked?country=ie

This ^^^ should appear if Sky blocks site.

Also, someone PM the links to these sites?

Kenny Logins

Harry Deerpark wrote: »

http://help.sky.com/broadband/website-problems/websites-showing-as-blocked?country=ie

This ^^^ should appear if Sky blocks site.

Also, someone PM the links to these sites?

That's for sites blocked on your end, not by the ISP.

Harry Deerpark

Kenny Logins wrote: »

That's for sites blocked on your end, not by the ISP.

Ah, yes, I should have read the text above the image instead of jumping the gun.

For a while, a proxy accessed a certain forum, but now it can't even get me on. Any tips?

Basq

Basq wrote: »

I use OpenDNS for everything to be honest..

.. if only you could change it on the bloody router.

I'm half tempted to ditch the Sky Hub and throw back in my Netopia.

I don't like the way invalid domains redirect to a search page. I'd much prefer that they'd err out, at least the browser wouldn't remember it then.

uck51js9zml2yt

How do I change to open dns?

Stinicker

Three of the websites are now blocked on both Eircom and Sky but are accessible from Vodafone broadband. It looks like there is a block being put in place it looks like as what are the odds of three similar websites going down simultaneously?

I'm on OpenDNS which got me back onto one of the websites earlier but it had since gone offline/been blocked again.

Stinicker

Graham Mango Ignoramus wrote: »

How do I change to open dns?

What operating system are you on?

This might help you,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFI8Uio4LHQ

ManMade

Someone pm me the sites please

Gosub

Please PM the sites and I'll try them outside Ireland.

Kenny Logins

Yeah, another for PM please. I'm in the process of switching to Sky this week. Thanks.

Seaneh

oh ffs, someone pm me the sites as well.

galwaybabe

Can you PM me the names too. I am on Airwire for broadband

Padraig Mor

I've posted previously re Sky's T&Cs which allow them to block at will:

"May be relevant to some users as well that they reserve the right to block any websites that THEY "reasonably suspect" to "facilitate behaviour" in violation of their usage policy, including copyright violations. As such, I imagine they could potentially block torrent sites, etc, even if not ordered to do so by a court."

galwaybabe

Blocked on airwire

Gosub

2 out of 3 accessable from Spain. The one that starts with "the" isn't available. The addy sent to me started with "teh"... typo?

OK the "teh" isn't a typo... and the site works from here.

28064212

PM me the sites please

curryman

Can some pm me the sites please'

robk24

Can these be PM'd to me as well please?

Padraig Mor

I wouldn't mind a PM also......just to see what the fuss is about!

Kenny Logins

Gosub wrote: »

2 out of 3 accessable from Spain. The one that starts with "the" isn't available. The addy sent to me started with "teh"... typo?

OK the "teh" isn't a typo... and the site works from here.

Not here... isup.me tells me it is down.

Gosub

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Not here... isup.me tells me it is down.

Still getting on to all 3. Much to the amusement of the wife.

Drift

I must be a bit naive here but I have no idea what websites everyone is talking about.

I'm thinking of moving to Sky myself in the coming months.

Can someone pm me too please and let me know what sites I will/won't be able to access?