Re: virgin media in denial
 

Oh good god. Flash websites with music, that autoplay with no button to switch it off.
I feel like I'm back in the early '90s


If I were the OP, I would be glad that they [the site owners] had banned an IP range that includes my IP ;)

Re: virgin media in denial
 

They're both working here... BUT I'm not sure how long this thread will be open with HTML tags in the site like this:

Re: virgin media in denial
 

So its a site for stealing service. You bad person you. :LOL:

Re: virgin media in denial
 

Both work OK here in Nuneaton (ex ntl)

Re: virgin media in denial
 

thanx to all who posted ,today i had a result of virgin media they gimme a proxy address to try and hey presto i can now view these sites ,they say they will escalate it now and check the local exchange so thanx once again and if a moderator or admin could close this thread please
happy surfing everyone
dave

Re: virgin media in denial
 

Wow, that's virtually an admission by VM that it's their fault (even if it's not) so get them to refund your phone call charges quickly before they change their minds ;)

Re: virgin media in denial
 

Hi i read your posts on this Forbidden 403 error message.I'm havn same problem.On Virgin Media in Dundee.Can you help plz.

Re: virgin media in denial
 

Hi - check the forum here on 'internet services' section where i started a thread on 'forbidden' and 403 error messages - appears all tripod-lycos hosted websites from US are blocked in UK since yesterday via Virgin media for some unknown reason e.g. try to access my site - www.ambilacuk.com and see what you get !!

Re: virgin media in denial
 

Interesting. I got the forbidden message too.

Also tried the sites named in the first post and found that the just give me a black browser screen.

Re: virgin media in denial
 

We appear to be back on now!! for now anyway - they did not explain what EXACTLY the issue was, but here for all your ref is their reply..

Quote

Thank you for reporting this issue to us. We appreciate the feedback
and data you have provided to us concerning the issue with Tripod and
Virgin Media customers.

Because of these reports, we have had discussions with Virgin Media in
an effort to resolve the issue. Virgin Media was very helpful in
resolving the problem that existed within both Tripod and Virgin Media.

Thankfully, the issue has been quickly resolved and we are happy to
report that there is no longer a problem. Please do let us know if you or
your customers continue to experience any further issues and we will
look to investigate further.

Thanks,
Lycos Customer Support Team

Unquote

Re: virgin media in denial
 

---------- Post added at 20:19 ---------- Previous post was at 20:07 ----------

SORRY about last reply.didnt mean it.new to this.YES its ok now.I actually found a workround last night.I had trouble gettn on to a TRIPOD site.GOOGLE/LANGUAGETOOLS then in the TRANSLATE A WEB PAGE enter WEB ADDRESS then click on TRANSLATE button.this worked for me.