Paul, I'm also with Virgin Media and have had a similar tech support conversation. I didn't mention I was running a Tor relay to them at the time (do you know anything about their policy regards Tor?), but they checked through all my 'Super Hub' settings including the port forwarding I have set up so I imagine they noticed. They couldn't explain it at all, and because it seems like a completely device agnostic issue (phones etc also don't work) - it is probably on the iPlayer provider's end. I also noticed that I was getting 'Forbidden' errors from the nhs.uk site a while ago and posted about it here - but right now I seem to be able to access everything there just fine so maybe they have reviewed their policy on Tor nodes.
Matthew - that's an interesting point about switching out the router MAC address. I'm not currently using a separate router, but might consider it in the future. I guess though that if this is the result of a provider blacklisting all Tor relay IPs, the new IP will just get added to the list as soon as it's published and it'll be blocked again. I think I'm going to continue to harass BBC support about this under I get a response other than 'have you tried turning your router off and on' or 'check your IP is registered in the UK with your ISP' - ugh... Thanks for the info all On 28 June 2014 13:23, Paul Blakeman <blakey...@mac.com> wrote: > Chris > > I have had several issues that appeared whilst running a Tor network. > This has happened to me too even though I switched mine (relay) off > several weeks ago… > I have notified BBC (via supplied contact forms 3 times) and have had no > resolve > Other services affected have been nhs.uk & lovefilm.com although since > switching my relay off these now work again. > > My supplier is Virgin Media and I have spent *hours* on tech help support. > Nobody can answer this. > My dynamic WAN IP (assigned via DHCP) never changes and I’ve been told it > "can’t & won’t ever change…”. > It’s been the same IP address for years... > Therefore if anybody wants to monitor or divert my traffic they can. > > Who provides your service? > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > > > > On 28 Jun 2014, at 12:52, Chris Whittleston <cs...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Is anyone else running a relay in the UK having issues accessing BBC > iPlayer from the same connection? For the last 6 weeks or so now I've been > getting messages telling me I'm 'outside the UK' when I'm in London, and my > IP address clearly resolves to show that. > > > > Just wondering if the provider BBC use for iPlayer might have started > just blocking all Tor IPs recently - including middle relays. > > > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > -- *Dr Chris Whittleston 栗主* Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW Email: cs...@cam.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1223 336423
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