[116193] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AT&T. Layer 6-8 needed.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Esler)
Sun Jul 26 22:07:03 2009
From: Joel Esler <eslerj@gmail.com>
To: jamie <j@arpa.com>
In-Reply-To: <6ff30abd0907261848w37a92157w12fb8170c8cfdb54@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:06:37 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I have read on another list this evening that AT&T DSL in SoCal is =20
blocking certain sites within 4chan.
J
On Jul 26, 2009, at 9:48 PM, jamie wrote:
> All,
>
> It appears at AT&T (including DSL, and my own home service via u-=20
> verse)
> has unilaterally and without explanation started blocking websites.
>
> I have confirmed this with multiple tests. (It actually appears that
> these sites are being blocked at a local-global scale -- that is, each
> city/hub seems to have blackholes for the sites).
>
> The sites I know of I'll list below (see Reddit for a discussion), =20=
> but
> this is clearly and absolutely unacceptable. Please, comments on =20
> the nature
> of the sites are OT.. Let's keep this thread that way. (Away from =20
> being OT,
> that is).
>
> If any T folk are around, and have gotten wind of this (all =20
> comments /
> direct emails will be off record), a reply would be appreciated.
>
> No ears enclosing clue will be reached via normal channels at ~950E =20=
> on a
> Sunday, but this is clearly a problem needing addressing, =20
> resolution, action
> and, who knows - suit?
>
> Thanks in advance all for insight, comments,
>
> -jamie
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