Site and forum dead?

[likaq]

am I the only one unable to access forum and site?

 

[Jaesun]

I'm reading the ITS forums right now with no problems.

 

[Vault Dweller]

It looks like those who live in Sweden and Eastern Europe are unable to access the site. Looks like Swedish Telia Sonera is blocking the site for the lulz, which, apparently, affects many Eastern European ISPs.

Bell Canada told me that the problem is not on their end, but they will contact Telia Sonera and ask them to sort it out, which may or may not resolve the situation. You can access our site and forums using proxy servers for now. Apologies for the inconvenience.

PS. Asking your ISP why you can't access the site might help.

 

[likaq]

Proxy work

Thanks !

:D

I hope this problem will be solved soon.

 

[curry]

does this mean I'm not IP banned from ITS forum for exposing you after all?

 

[GarfunkeL]

Heads up!

Sky UK won't allow me to see the site either.

Pinging 69.156.240.29 times out.

Tracert gets me as far as Easynet server at 89.200.134.125 before timing out.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

You're using Telia?

My most sincere condolences. If I had a hat I would take it off. Hopefully you'll switch to a better ISP some day.

 

[Vault Dweller]

We're using Bell Canada, which is fairly reliable in North America. From what I've been told, it looks like many North and Eastern European ISPs work with/go through Telia, which is what's causing the problem.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Actually I was replying to likaq. Telia is p. horrible, expensive, blocks sites on lol random and all kinds of shit. Unfortunately it is still the traditional choice for many here in Sweden.

 

[likaq]

I'm not from Sweden Horse.
Potato here.

 

[garren]

So that's what's causing the problem. Goddamnit.

Edit: thank god for proxies. Maybe I should call them tomorrow.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Heads up!

Sky UK won't allow me to see the site either.

Pinging 69.156.240.29 times out.

Tracert gets me as far as Easynet server at 89.200.134.125 before timing out.

I can't see how UK ISP would route through Telia to access N.America.

 

[MapMan]

I traced the route as well and Deutsche Telekom is dead end for me.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I'm not from Sweden Horse.
Potato here.

Well, if it's not a shitty ISP it's a shitty country.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Ok, just connected again. For shit and giggles I ran traceroute again and lo' and behold, for some fucking reason my connection goes through Telia. Why is a British ISP routing a connection from England to Canada through Swedish servers? DOES.NOT.COMPUTE

 

[Kz3r0]

Ok, just connected again. For shit and giggles I ran traceroute again and lo' and behold, for some fucking reason my connection goes through Telia. Why is a British ISP routing a connection from England to Canada through Swedish servers? DOES.NOT.COMPUTE

Because in this way they use the Arctic shortcut instead of a more expensive Atlantic cable?

 

[GarfunkeL]

The more you know. I didn't know there was an Arctic cable.

 

[Kz3r0]

Proof that WOW is teh decline:

Why World of Warcraft doesn't lag
In Depth: The lag-beating tech that keeps Blizzard ahead of the game

Blizzard also recently renewed its agreement with Nordic telephony and hosting specialists TeliaSonera to provide hosting services for them across Europe, essentially providing the bandwidth that connects Blizzard's servers to the millions of connections that lead back to your computer as you play World of Warcraft.

For its part, TeliaSonera is proud to note that it has, "enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Blizzard Entertainment since 1999, providing hosting for both World of Warcraft and the Battle.net online-gaming service in Europe." Malin Frenning, Vice President of TeliaSonera, has also stated that her company is "striving to enable the best gaming experience possible" for its customers' games and "to become the provider of choice to the online gaming industry."

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/wh ... ?artc_pg=2


Vault Dweller has been sacrificed for the good of WOW players.