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recursivepickle Oct 29

Are you able to access archive.org from where you are in the UK?

https://piefed.social/c/unitedkingdom/p/1422037/are-you-able-to-access-archive-org-from-where-you-are-in-the-uk

Are you able to access archive.org from where you are in the UK?

I've not been able to load the site from a UK IP address since this weekend I think. I can ping it, but browser requests just times out. https://a…

mbirth 🇬🇧

Works for me. EE Mobile in London.

recursivepickle Oct 29

Thanks for your reply.

It’s weird, maybe It’s my provider who blocked them then. Will try with another DNS provider and see if that solves it.

mbirth 🇬🇧Oct 29

Check whether your provider enabled some kind of adult content filter or something like that. Maybe archive.org ended up the blocklist.

recursivepickle Oct 30

That’s a good shout. I’ll see if they have anything like that.

TheEmpireStrikesDak Oct 30

I couldn’t even access my home instance (thelemmy.club) after a server upgrade without changing my DNS. I thought it had shut down until I saw it worked on a VPN. ISPs do weird stuff like that. Try changing your DNS. Archive.org works fine for me, I’m using cloudflare DNS.

Not working for me on Virgin…

mbirth 🇬🇧Oct 31

Have you checked your parental controls?

www.virginmedia.com/help/…/parental-controls

How to use parental controls for internet use | Virgin Media Help

Keep your family safe online – find out how to use customisable Virgin Media parental controls for things like blocking unsuitable websites or pausing your WiFi.

Yes, turned off, and my hub is in modem mode (using FreshTomato on an R8000).