This is most probably just some network routing oddity, rather than an active attempt to block by Comcast.
Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
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Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is comcast/xfinity blocking. Speakeasy is unaffected. I can access the site from speakeasy, no problem. One of the perks of having 2 ISPs. Try checking it through any open wi-fi connections available to you. Many are probably able to access the site.
How would you explain the multiple people in Australia and other countries not able to access it? Like I said, it's possible these other ISPS are routing via Comcast, but that's pretty unlikely. More likely is someone has made a config change that's broken the connection for some ISPs.
I could be wrong, but I expect these broken connections will lead right back to Comcast's blocking.
Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
#13here's a link that works for comcast users http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://thepirateb...
I don't use the site, but I also don't think comcast should determine which sites you have access to.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you explain the multiple people in Australia and other countries not able to access it? Like I said, it's possible these other ISPS are routing via Comcast, but that's pretty unlikely. More likely is someone has made a config change that's broken the connection for some ISPs.
I could be wrong, but I expect these broken connections will lead right back to Comcast's blocking.
Comcast are denying deliberately blocking it, from their Twitter customer support team:
"We don't block websites. But did escalate and looking into it"
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#15Easy solution for bypassing the block (edit: or routing issue) : My post: http://wp.me/pJEJe-yr Direct link for those already familiar with what's going on: https://www.torproject.org/ I can confirm that this solution works. Am on Xfinity and browsing TPB right now.
Any proxy will work, you don't have to go to the trouble of setting up TOR. It's just massive overkill to access a single site, especially when you don't care about anonymity.
Trouble? Download the Tor browser bundle and launch it. It's just about the easiest solution imaginable.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any proxy will work, you don't have to go to the trouble of setting up TOR. It's just massive overkill to access a single site, especially when you don't care about anonymity.
Absolutely true. But it still is an easy, 1 step, free fix for those not familiar with using a proxy. Thanks. And anonymity as a bonus is certainly not a downside. Besides, why bother using it for just one site? I'll be using it now (with noscript and a few extras) to access any and all torrent-related sites. Might as well nip it in the bud now rather than later. Now we just have to be concerned about tracker-blockin…
IIRC, magnet URLs were invented so bittorrent doesn't have to rely on centralised trackers
Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
#17Easy solution for bypassing the block (edit: or routing issue) : My post: http://wp.me/pJEJe-yr Direct link for those already familiar with what's going on: https://www.torproject.org/ I can confirm that this solution works. Am on Xfinity and browsing TPB right now.
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Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
#18I'm on Comcast and also can't access TPB. Doing a tracert, the packets are lost in inside of TPB network. Thepiratebay.piratpartiet.se is as far as I can reach.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I could be wrong, but I expect these broken connections will lead right back to Comcast's blocking.
Comcast are denying deliberately blocking it, from their Twitter customer support team: "We don't block websites. But did escalate and looking into it" http://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/68657127429910528
Fascinating. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but didn't they deny blocking bittorrent in general before they finally admitted it later and stopped? Do you trust them? Do you think customer relations would be let in on what would obviously be a PR nightmare?
I worked for AT&T and was regularly left in the dark, finding out later on that what I was told to say was in fact not the truth. I'm not putting on a tin foil hat just yet, but I'm suspicious.
Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay
#20Super Fail