[solaris]

Originally Posted by E DesRock

I'm with Rogers too and they have also told me that they are blocking SOME .ru sites for "security" reasons. Check out this post for more info
Rogers blocking some .ru sites - dslreports.com

Hi E DesRock and welcome to the forum

Did you change to OpenDNS in the end to be able to access GoMusic.ru?

[solaris]

Originally Posted by solaris

Link here: Comcast blocks some Internet traffic - Online World - MSNBC.com

More on the Comcast blocking: Leaks: Comcast Hunts BitTorrent Memo Leaker

I hope their customers will be former customers after this fiasco

[tintinabou]

Interesting!! I think my problem is solved. Not that I'm actually going to be able to ever access GoMusic again.....but at least I know why!

After reading more posts here (re: Rogers etc) I did some digging. Right around the time I began to have problems was shortly after I switched from Telus to Persona. It appears, that Persona may be involved with Rogers....I am still looking stuff up on that. They certainly have been partners in at least one major network issue on the east coast. Perhaps Persona is doing the same thing Rogers did???? (the blocking .ru sites etc).

I switched because we were having problems of a different (and vERY RUDE) nature with Telus. It appears Persona - at this time - is the only alternative ISP in the area (smaller northern community). So switching again (I will NOT go back to Telus just because of a site with a 4.78 balance) is not an option. I CAN say that Persona has been SO on top of legal/spam stuff that when I sent one of those "cute" forwards to a select group of friends, it appears someone was offended, reported me and hence I was automatically blocked from sending ANYTHING through a 3rd party server (?? I don't really understand that jargon). (And they didn't tell me - I had to figure it out myself).

But anyway - I strongly suspect this may be the issue.

What is OpenDNS????

[solaris]

Originally Posted by tintinabou

Interesting!! I think my problem is solved. Not that I'm actually going to be able to ever access GoMusic again.....but at least I know why!

After reading more posts here (re: Rogers etc) I did some digging. Right around the time I began to have problems was shortly after I switched from Telus to Persona. It appears, that Persona may be involved with Rogers....I am still looking stuff up on that. They certainly have been partners in at least one major network issue on the east coast. Perhaps Persona is doing the same thing Rogers did???? (the blocking .ru sites etc).

I switched because we were having problems of a different (and vERY RUDE) nature with Telus. It appears Persona - at this time - is the only alternative ISP in the area (smaller northern community). So switching again (I will NOT go back to Telus just because of a site with a 4.78 balance) is not an option. I CAN say that Persona has been SO on top of legal/spam stuff that when I sent one of those "cute" forwards to a select group of friends, it appears someone was offended, reported me and hence I was automatically blocked from sending ANYTHING through a 3rd party server (?? I don't really understand that jargon). (And they didn't tell me - I had to figure it out myself).

But anyway - I strongly suspect this may be the issue.

What is OpenDNS????

Hi tintinabou.


OpenDNS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

OpenDNS | Providing A Safer And Faster Internet


This small change in the settings has given a lot of forum members their internet freedom back - AND it's FREE


Do like this:

Open Network Connections
Right click your specific net connection (LAN?) and choose properties
Choose Internet Protokol (TCP/IP) and click properties
Choose Use The Following DNS-server addresses
Default DNS-server : 208.67.222.222
Alternative DNS-server : 208.67.220.220
Click OK
Click OK
Done

Tell me if it worked - it will if you've done it right.

Remember to clean out your cookies.

[Sundancer]

Thankfully, this service has been working for me all along whether on my regular server (Earthlink) or OpenDNS. I'm still getting in without a problem.