topic Re: Site blocked? in Mobile Broadband

Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:06:45 GMT

I'm trying to access a site that I have regularly accessed daily for at least the past 5 years, and for some reason as of today access is blocked. I connect using a EE 5g Hub. The site is a French news channel https://www.tf1.fr. I always access it from a saved bookmark in either Chrome or Firefox. The error I'm getting is the following:

Re: Site blocked?

XRaySpeX — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:24:59 GMT

Nor can I over EE fixed BB nor over O2 mobile network. You sure the link is valid and allowed from outside France. Whatever it is it's the site refusing it & nowt to do with what network you're coming from.

You sure it's not https://www.rfi.fr/ ?

Re: Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:29:18 GMT

Thanks for your reply. Yes I'm sure it isn't You sure it's not https://www.rfi.fr/ .

The site I'm trying to access is TF1 the French equivalent to the BBC here. I watch the news on it almost every day.

Re: Site blocked?

Schockwave — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:38:53 GMT

@eedgtraveller , I have just tried your link, and it has worked for me, no problem.

Re: Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:41:38 GMT

Thanks for testing. Very odd as it is still blocked for me. Same error message.

Re: Site blocked?

Schockwave — Thu, 30 May 2024 19:43:57 GMT

@eedgtraveller , have you tried clearing your cache to see if that makes a difference?

Re: Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Thu, 30 May 2024 20:06:25 GMT

@Schockwave yes I have tried clearing the cache as well as a full restart of both my laptop as well as my router and no help. I suppose it could be a temporary network routing issue somewhere.

Re: Site blocked?

Northerner — Thu, 30 May 2024 21:52:25 GMT

It works over VPN in the EU but as some of the content is not available in the UK (licenced )then the site is not available via UK isps.

Thanks

Re: Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Thu, 30 May 2024 23:45:31 GMT

@Northerner could you explain what you mean by "the site is not available via UK isps."? I have accessed it and watched the news on this site literally every day for the past 5 years.

I don't understand why it's not available all of a sudden.

Re: Site blocked?

eedgtraveller — Fri, 31 May 2024 10:22:41 GMT

OK good news - @XRaySpeX @Schockwave @Northerner , access to the site is back up again. Really strange that it would be blocked like that for a couple of days? But it is working!

Re: Site blocked?

chistery — Fri, 31 May 2024 10:58:17 GMT

The error came from their servers, so a problem at their end and it seems they fixed it.

Re: Site blocked?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 31 May 2024 12:56:45 GMT

Yes, it now works from here over EE BB & O2 mobile. They musta fixed their site in the meantime.