Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread James Bensley
On 29 July 2014 14:32, Gordon Scott wrote: > On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 13:50 +0100, James Bensley wrote: >> All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT >> Openreach, > > With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they > have their own telephone network. > >

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Jan Henkins
On 2014-07-29 14:32, Gordon Scott wrote: [snip] With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they have their own telephone network. Isn't their "Reach" most of Yorkshire? I doubt that will affect any of us in the Hampshire region, though :-) Thankfully not. :-P -- Reg

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Gordon Scott
On Tue, 2014-07-29 at 13:50 +0100, James Bensley wrote: > All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT > Openreach, With the probable exception of lines in Kingston-upon-Hull, where they have their own telephone network. I doubt that will affect any of us in the Hampshire reg

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread James Bensley
On 29 July 2014 13:13, Peter B. wrote: > Sky lease the line from bt don't they? All ADSL providers lease the copper pairs to the end site from BT Openreach, which is a seperate company (people often forget that / get confused). BT Retail that domestic customer buy ADSL from and BT Business both

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-29 Thread Peter B.
Sky lease the line from bt don't they? On 25 Jul 2014 21:14, "Stephen Davies" wrote: > Well SKY have responded. Here is their response > > Dear Customer > > Thank you for your email. I understand your concern about the blocked > website. > > I would request you to contact your Broadband service

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Stephen Davies
Well SKY have responded. Here is their response Dear Customer Thank you for your email. I understand your concern about the blocked website. I would request you to contact your Broadband service provider and they will be able to assist you further. I hope this information has helped with y

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 19:06 23/07/2014, you wrote: Martin, Like you I use OpenDNS instead of my ISP's DNS, but that wasn't the point of my post. Yes i understand that. If you have your own website then you should check to see if any of the Major UK ISP's are blocking it. I found that SKY is blocki

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-25 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 19:02 23/07/2014, you wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 Martin N wrote: > > I assume OpenDNS gets around these blocks. > > Martin OpenDNS has its own filters though I expect so but i expect they will be less Draconian than the get some good publicity Cameron filters. M

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Vic
> I like A&A's approach. When you sign up for an account with them, you're > asked (as you must be now) whether you want a filtered connection. If you > answer "yes", they refuse to take you as a customer. A&A don't filter. That's awesome. I've just signed up with A&A this week[1]. They asked me

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
on IMHO. My > site contains nothing more than a load of stories that I have written over > the years. So why block it. > > From what I've read, I am far from the only Blog owner that has this > happen. > > Stephen D > > > Original Message Subject

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Stephen Davies
n over the years. So why block it. From what I've read, I am far from the only Blog owner that has this happen. Stephen D Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 From: Martin N To: stephen.dav...@u

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread David Anderson
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:55:51 +0100 Martin N wrote: > > I assume OpenDNS gets around these blocks. > > Martin OpenDNS has its own filters though -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.o

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Anton Piatek
Nice Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 23 Jul 2014 18:45, "Keith Edmunds" wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:42:19 +0100, stephen.dav...@ultraconsult

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:42:19 +0100, stephen.dav...@ultraconsulting.co.uk said: > most > people are not using the mandatory [redacted] filters at the ISP's. I like A&A's approach. When you sign up for an account with them, you're asked (as you must be now) whether you want a filtered connection.

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Anton Piatek
I checked my self hosted WordPress blog and it was fine, is WordPress really the reason? Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 23 Jul 2014 17:41, "Steph

Re: [Hampshire] ISP Filtering

2014-07-23 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 14:42 23/07/2014, you wrote: There were a lot of posts on the Interwebs about the fact that most people are not using the mandatory [redacted] filters at the ISP's. Some of the commenters complained that the likes of Talk-Talk were blocking their wordpress blogs for no good reason o