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Verizon blocking 4chan.... same AT&T deal... no back story

jav6454

jav6454

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Yes, it seems many Verizon users can't access: boards.4chan.org

2 of my friends with Droids say there browsers time-out. I checked online with other communities and apparently the problem is network wide....


any comments on Droid or other Verizon users? By the way, AT&T has no restrictions....
 
jav6454 said:
Yes, it seems many Verizon users can't access: boards.4chan.org

2 of my friends with Droids say there browsers time-out. I checked online with other communities and apparently the problem is network wide....


any comments on Droid or other Verizon users? By the way, AT&T has no restrictions....
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NathanCH said:
You came to this conclusion based off what happened to two of your friends?
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I would think the bolded part would indicate that he already checked more than just the results of his two friends. Read before you comment and offer no help or advice.

OP, I have a Droid, 4chan.org works, boards.4chan.org doesn't, on a PC it redirects to 4chan.org.

Trying to access any of the boards from 4chan.org (technology for example) doesn't work on the droid, where it does from 2 other computers.
 
JLatte said:
I would think the bolded part would indicate that he already checked more than just the results of his two friends. Read before you comment and offer no help or advice.

OP, I have a Droid, 4chan.org works, boards.4chan.org doesn't, on a PC it redirects to 4chan.org.

Trying to access any of the boards from 4chan.org (technology for example) doesn't work on the droid, where it does from 2 other computers.
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Thank you... some people have reading comprehension problems. In any case, yes, my friends browse /g/ - Technology and apparently many other users in 4chan (Tech and other boards) are complaining about the same thing.

Developers of an Android browser called Chandroid deployed a quick fix but it still doesn't fix the fact Verizon is stepping out of bounds here.

Regardless of content, there should be no Internet censoring.
 
Clicking a direct link to http://boards.4chan.org/ redirects me to their main page (4chan.org). But from there I can click on a link to a specific Board, agree to a Disclaimer, then be granted access.
 

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jav6454 said:
Thank you... some people have reading comprehension problems. In any case, yes, my friends browse /g/ - Technology and apparently many other users in 4chan (Tech and other boards) are complaining about the same thing.

Developers of an Android browser called Chandroid deployed a quick fix but it still doesn't fix the fact Verizon is stepping out of bounds here.

Regardless of content, there should be no Internet censoring.
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Could be verizon is having issues of DNS attacks or something coming from the site and in order to protect its network is blocks it.

Same reason ATT blocked it for a while. It did it to protect its own network and any ISP would do the same. They block what they suspect is an attack and then try to figure out if it really is one and how to fix it.
 
NathanCH said:
Actually that wasn't even there when I was replying to the post...
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Don't see an edit, so how couldn't it have been?

GSMiller said:
Clicking a direct link to http://boards.4chan.org/ redirects me to their main page (4chan.org). But from there I can click on a link to a specific Board, agree to a Disclaimer, then be granted access.
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Yeah, if I had to guess it would be caused by the general lameness of 4chan in general(sloooooow). At any rate, it might be a bit more of an issue if 4chan were any sort of good, but of course, no, it really isn't.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
Could be verizon is having issues of DNS attacks or something coming from the site and in order to protect its network is blocks it.

Same reason ATT blocked it for a while. It did it to protect its own network and any ISP would do the same. They block what they suspect is an attack and then try to figure out if it really is one and how to fix it.
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True, but like I said, there is no backstory and Verizon isn't saying anything. /g/ Itself has apparently mobilized to make a fix, but it is unknown how long that fix will last.

No1451 said:
Don't see an edit, so how couldn't it have been?

Yeah, if I had to guess it would be caused by the general lameness of 4chan in general(sloooooow). At any rate, it might be a bit more of an issue if 4chan were any sort of good, but of course, no, it really isn't.
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Yes, there was no edit, post#1 is as is no editing. Also, 4chan hasn't been slow in a while, in fact they just did a server overhaul and things load up faster (except /b/ and r9k; which I don't care for). Sometimes there is no value in some discussions there, but from time to time you get a good argument that goes for a fair time on something specific (in this case, /g/ argues over ATI and nVidia and the respective Fermi GF-100 based cards v HD 5000 series)
 
geeseh said:
I'm in California and I have a Droid.

Same problem here, I can get to the main page but none of the boards using the normal browser.

Interestingly enough, there is an app on Android Market called Chandroid that has a "connection bandaid" feature which works around the problem. Not sure what magic they are using there, but it solves the problem for me.

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-onymous-browser-pnCD.aspx
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They use a Proxy server to connect, otherwise you couldn't. It's a bit slower, but works nonetheless.
 
jav6454 said:
Yes, there was no edit, post#1 is as is no editing. Also, 4chan hasn't been slow in a while, in fact they just did a server overhaul and things load up faster (except /b/ and r9k; which I don't care for). Sometimes there is no value in some discussions there, but from time to time you get a good argument that goes for a fair time on something specific (in this case, /g/ argues over ATI and nVidia and the respective Fermi GF-100 based cards v HD 5000 series)
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True enough, often as not though you find /b/ spilling over, has there been any sort of reasoning/announcement to customers about why this has been done?
 
No1451 said:
True enough, often as not though you find /b/ spilling over, has there been any sort of reasoning/announcement to customers about why this has been done?
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No story from Verizon as of yet... people are calling their reps, but the reps say everything is fine and Verizon isn't doing anything (which is a blatant lie)
 
Can't get it here at home on my regular iMac and Verizon Fios. Oh well, never tried to visit it before today...
 
No1451 said:
Don't see an edit, so how couldn't it have been?
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If you begin editing before anyone views your thread or replies to it (I don't remember off-hand), the edit will not be marked.

EDIT: Screw Verizon. I'll be canceling my phone service with them upon my return to the states.
 
XnavxeMiyyep said:
If you begin editing before anyone views your thread or replies to it (I don't remember off-hand), the edit will not be marked.

EDIT: Screw Verizon. I'll be canceling my phone service with them upon my return to the states.
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Nop, once you post and you edit, it is marked... in any case, apparently Verizon doesn't give a crap about net neutrality.
 
jav6454 said:
Nop, once you post and you edit, it is marked... in any case, apparently Verizon doesn't give a crap about net neutrality.
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Well, my EDIT section was actually an edit, and it doesn't seem to be marked there.

Regardless, this is annoying. Not that Boston had FiOS anyway, but I hope that someone else starts providing similarly fast Internet instead.
 
c-Row said:
/g/... sure buddy... ;)
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I'm not going to discuss boards or anything. I am not going to lie and say I've never been to /b/, fact is I like /g/ better. /b/ was fine first 2 weeks, then it got boring so I went and dived off to the other boards. /g/ was instant winner.

Btw, the difference between all those boards is that /b/ is random while the other boards have a more generalized topic which people like and discuss albeit using some of the same pics/memes all over 4chan.



Also Gizmodo has done a report.
 
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