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30-05-2024 08:06 PM
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:
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31-05-2024 11:22 AM
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!
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30-05-2024 08:17 PM - edited 30-05-2024 08:24 PM
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/ ?
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30-05-2024 08:29 PM
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.
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30-05-2024 08:38 PM
@eedgtraveller , I have just tried your link, and it has worked for me, no problem.
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30-05-2024 08:41 PM
Thanks for testing. Very odd as it is still blocked for me. Same error message.
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30-05-2024 08:43 PM
@eedgtraveller , have you tried clearing your cache to see if that makes a difference?
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30-05-2024 09:06 PM
@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.
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30-05-2024 10:52 PM
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
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31-05-2024 12:45 AM
@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.
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31-05-2024 11:22 AM
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!

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