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Old 22-08-2005, 11:57 AM
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HK censoring our internet surfing ?
Hi everybody !

I'm in HKG using i-cable for the internet and noticed that for the past 3 days I can not connect to any blogs hosted by blogspot (the main address www.blogger.com is still accessible, but any blog hosted as http://***.blogspot.com won't load).

I first thought it was a server problem concerning blogspot, but my friends abroad told me they can access it without problems, and I just used a proxy server to connect to blogspot and didn't have any problems either... I'm using Windows explorer and firefox with all the latest upgrades so I think the problems comes from my internet provider (HKG i-cable)...

It kinds of remind me of mainland China (I lived there for a year) and their internet censorship... Does anyone have some intel about it ? Is HKG starting to censor our web surfing ? (that would really suck...)

Thanks for reading, hope someone can help me out...

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Old 22-08-2005, 12:01 PM
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I can see blogs under that domain without problems using Netvigator.
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Old 22-08-2005, 12:08 PM
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Me too - and I am using NOW Broadband (& Netvigator)
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Old 22-08-2005, 12:56 PM
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Must be a temporary glitch.

I'd *really* not worry about Hong Kong isp's censoring ..
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Old 22-08-2005, 02:32 PM
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I'll wait few more days and if still having problems, I'll contact i-cable support services.

Thanks!

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Old 22-08-2005, 02:36 PM
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You might want to contact the blog host. I know for a fact that many of them will ban full IP ranges if the blog spam activity goes up.. due to an open proxy on your ISP.
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"I'll contact i-cable support services."

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh my god, I'm still laughing at that one. Good luck!
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Old 22-08-2005, 02:52 PM
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what's sooooo funny?!!

this one has got serious issues !!

..and i'm not referring to the "surfing the net" issue
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Old 22-08-2005, 03:20 PM
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"I'll contact i-cable support services."

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh my god, I'm still laughing at that one. Good luck!
Yeah, last time I had issues with their TV cable service, it took ages to solve the problem and the help of a cantonese speaking friend...
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Old 22-08-2005, 03:22 PM
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Angie, I think the reference is to i-cable being able to provide support....

Be glad you've not had to deal with them and experience their incompetance on a first hand basis.
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