Are Sky are blocking websites?

Stinicker

I have discovered Sky Broadband have blocked access to two websites (message boards) and they are not down as I have accessed them separately from a friends Eircom connection.

I won't name the websites as it would be in breach of the forum charter but they are fairly popular websites.

i have downloaded about 100GB since going live with Sky nearly three weeks ago. I am going to contact Sky and instruct them to either lift the block or I will be going back to Eircom immediately.

So far with Sky,

I am throttled every single evening between 7pm and midnight down to 2.5-3.5mb from 7mb which I receive at other times. If they are censoring the net like this I am leaving and I don't care if they are cheaper or faster they can shove their censorship where the sun don't shine.

If there are any Sky Broadband users want to check and I will PM you the sites to check.

Hogzy

Stinicker wrote: »

I have discovered Sky Broadband have blocked access to two websites (message boards) and they are not down as I have accessed them separately from a friends Eircom connection.

I won't name the websites as it would be in breach of the forum charter but they are fairly popular websites.

i have downloaded about 100GB since going live with Sky nearly three weeks ago. I am going to contact Sky and instruct them to either lift the block or I will be going back to Eircom immediately.

So far with Sky,

I am throttled every single evening between 7pm and midnight down to 2.5-3.5mb from 7mb which I receive at other times. If they are censoring the net like this I am leaving and I don't care if they are cheaper or faster they can shove their censorship where the sun don't shine.

If there are any Sky Broadband users want to check and I will PM you the sites to check.

PM me the sites. I'll check when I get home

Stinicker

PM Sent

swoofer

and me please, and i can recall VF did the same in the evenings and eircom did before that. nga was a big help. where are you roughly ?

Delboy5

PM me too please.........i signed up last week but didnt know of any website restrictions, think i might be about to regret it !!!

ED E

Stinicker wrote: »

I am throttled every single evening between 7pm and midnight down to 2.5-3.5mb from 7mb which I receive at other times. If they are censoring the net like this I am leaving and I don't care if they are cheaper or faster they can shove their censorship where the sun don't shine.

Thats not throttling, thats contention ^^

Nonoperational

What are the sites? Don't think they block any sites to be honest.

ccazza

PM me the sites too and I'll check it out here.

SickBoy

I'm thinking of changing to Sky and I'd be interested in knowing what sites they ate blocking. Please PM me.

tylercheribini

yeah me too,ta.has anyone switched from eircom to sky and if so are there any hidden charges/procedures one should know about?i read somewhere if u dont give eircom at least a months notice they ill charge you?

Meesared

I'd like to know what the sites are also, as I was looking into Sky myself

iMuse

The site im assuming you are trying to access (hugely popular message board) has been down for a few days and is not blocked by Sky.

Rasmus

Hi OP, could you PM me those sites as I am thinking of switching to SKY broadband.
Thanks

Delboy5

Yes that hugely popular message board is down the last few days, but can anyone with SKY broadband definitely confirm that it was working for them previously?

SnowDrifts

I seriously doubt Sky would do this. Why? The first website that they will block is Pirate Bay and that is still unblocked by Sky here in Ireland.

Meesared

Am I right in guessing that this website has a P and a W in the name?

Zillah

Oh for God's sake. Just name the bloody website. Acknowledging the existence of piracy is not the same as advocating it.

Rasmus

tylercheribini wrote: »

yeah me too,ta.has anyone switched from eircom to sky and if so are there any hidden charges/procedures one should know about?i read somewhere if u dont give eircom at least a months notice they ill charge you?

I am wondering the same myself, will have to give them a ring (that's a painful phone conversation!) I am not sure there is much difference between the two so I am on the fence on whether to switch or not...

Basq

Am I right in saying that the website shares it's name with a certain famous 18th century Russian dictator? It's name also has a mouth but never speaks and has a bed but never sleeps? #bollockyallusions

(you made me use a hashtag on a message board.. hope you're happy!)

SteelyDanJalapeno

Does the website in question have a certain tendency towards feline animals?

STOP THE LIGHTS!

Kenny Logins

Meesared wrote: »

Am I right in guessing that this website has a P and a W in the name?

Three 'w's.

Stinicker

Can a moderator confirm or not whether it is okay to name the websites which are blocked?

Otherwise PM me.

refusetolose

on the other hand ,piratebay aint blocked anymore

adox

refusetolose wrote: »

on the other hand ,piratebay aint blocked anymore

It was never blocked by Sky over here, and they only block it in the UK due to legislation. As far as I am aware they dont black any sites over here.

If the OP wants to PM the address I`ll check it too tonight.

Either way, its hardly a big deal, or a deal breaker in whether to switch to their service.

At best it would be a very minor inconvenience.

Also shouldnt the title of the thread have a question mark on it?

Nonoperational

I checked and they are not working, but I think they are just down as opposed to SKy blocking anything.

SnowDrifts

Perhaps the title of the thread should have been "Are Sky blocking websites" rather than statements of fact.

Kenny Logins

Nonoperational wrote: »

I checked and they are not working, but I think they are just down as opposed to SKy blocking anything.

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Hogzy

Both sites are wont load for me either and I am with Sky.

Basq

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

Try changing your DNS to OpenDNS..

refusetolose

adox wrote: »

It was never blocked by Sky over here, and they only block it in the UK due to legislation. As far as I am aware they dont black any sites over here.

If the OP wants to PM the address I`ll check it too tonight.

Either way, its hardly a big deal, or a deal breaker in whether to switch to their service.

At best it would be a very minor inconvenience.

Also shouldnt the title of the thread have a question mark on it?

ah i was just comparing to eircom who had it blocked

swoofer

and they load dead easy for me with VF?? I use chrome browser, is there a standard browser to be used with sky eg IE8 or can any browser be used. I bet sky have a built in parental lock and more.

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