Cannot access certain sites

[reyadawnbringer]

Hi - we are consistantly unable to access two websites but are able to access others without any trouble at all. I first noticed this earlier this week and the message we get is 'connection timed out'. It sort of seems like they are blocked/blacklisted, but there is no reason they should be - one is a sports website (www.ole.com.ar) and the other is the British Medical Association. (bma.org) Is anyone else experiencing strange problems like this?

[reyadawnbringer]

correction: bma.org.uk

[reyadawnbringer]

I tried pinging them, no response. I have also tried using the IP address instead of the URL but that doesn't work either.

[spectrum]

Vodafone set an 18 rated content restriction on every sim, which you have to ask them to remove. I'm guessing that the sport site may have a link to a gambling site on it hence it being blocked. Try going to william hill or ladbrokes to see if you can view their sites. 

[HHGTTG]

No trouble with thre BMA site but it might be a good day. I regularly have difficulty with both Northern Rock and Nationwide websites although I don't need them. However some days I can access these without any trouble.
Vodafone are/were aware of Northern Rock problems but don't know whether they ever did anything about it.

[reyadawnbringer]

Just tried some gambling sites, can access William Hill, Ladbrokes and Betfair without any problems.

www.ole.com.ar is my homepage so I access it every day. The BMA has also never been a problem until this week. In fact, we've had no problems at all with the service in at least a year. I'm really confused as to why this has happened, why these particular sites, and why now.

[HHGTTG]

No tengo ningún problema con www.ole.com.ar .

[HHGTTG]

No tengo ningún problema con www.ole.com.ar

[reyadawnbringer]

Gracias, interesante... hmmm, other than accessing it through a proxy then I'm at a loss as to what else to try. My security settings haven't changed, and virus scan was clean.

[Retired-James]

Hey guys,

I have tried both of these sites on my blackberry this morning and both work fine although they did take a little time to load.

As this isn't a network issue it would suggest either an issue with the website or possible the handset.

I would try a battery pull and possibly a master reset after backing up your data to see if that makes any changes.

Give this a go and let me know how you get on.

James

eForum Team