View Full Version : PPRUNE now blocked in the UAE
Jetjock330
24th Jun 2009, 17:54
The Pprune is now blocked in the UAE as an illegal website according to Etislut. Any one else have the same problem????
Dick and Jane
24th Jun 2009, 18:03
How did you post this if it is? Or are you accessing the internet via 'other means' :E :E
Jetjock330
24th Jun 2009, 18:09
Can't give all the facts away! ....if you live here long enough to understand...but, it is now a blocked site!
Dick and Jane
24th Jun 2009, 18:14
Lived here longer than I care to acknowledge :eek: Thanks to 'other means' we are able to see the horrors within our neighbour's borders in the last 10 days. It's a perfect example of how you can't censor the internet.
Yes, it was blocked for about 15 minutes. :ugh:
Not blocked..."other means" not reqd for accessing this site.. :hmm:
powerstall
25th Jun 2009, 03:01
some proof that there's somebody watching and looking over. :=
Gulfstreamaviator
25th Jun 2009, 05:45
I log on using the masonic handshare, and it was fine, but slow.
System lodged omewhere.
No probem, in UAE.
However It was blocked somewhere recently, and I can not remember where. but not UAE.
glf
Old King Coal
25th Jun 2009, 06:03
On it now, and it's fine (in Dubai).
Jetjock330
25th Jun 2009, 06:09
It is back to normal now, but it shows what can happen in the matter of minutes here.
in FACT is
25th Jun 2009, 06:43
what happen in that region:confused: are they learn too much from east:confused: no one may get info from other world and can't speak-up, are they start playing take it or leave it:confused:
Farrell
25th Jun 2009, 07:41
It gets blocked in Oman every once in a while - due to them updating their filters.
It usually happens because the filter has picked up a "bad" set of words. One assumes the Jet Blast Porn threads over the past week would not have helped.
No conspiracy - no eavesdropping - you just call up OmanHell and ask them you unblock it: it takes about an hour.
Spoonius
25th Jun 2009, 09:07
Nope! All OK so far today:bored:
strawberriesfield
25th Jun 2009, 13:25
Ref the OP, what is Etislut ? :confused: Sounds like an over-friendly Etihad CC :D
IndAir967
25th Jun 2009, 13:30
what is Etislut ?
well its Etisalat.. the primary ISP in UAE :ok:
Damianik
26th Jun 2009, 22:01
How is it in Oman guys?
maybe i may move there and, dont know, is it so strict on everything or kinda ok?
Not only about pprune i mean in general life...
D
johnnyramjet
13th Jul 2009, 10:59
I have been blocked from Pprune for 2 days from DXB. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/icons/46.gif
johnnyramjet
13th Jul 2009, 11:13
http://www.pprune.org/middle-east/379001-pprune-now-blocked-uae.html
taliban pilot
13th Jul 2009, 11:21
I was in the old continent yesterday and had the same problem, so I don't think it is related to the UAE.... :confused:
gulf_slf
13th Jul 2009, 11:54
I have just tried to access the thread from another machine not equipped with 'Flash-Whizzo' the mystery ingredient....and it says 'could not connect'...so not sure if that is our wonderful purveyor of quality communications or another way saying that the page is 'blocked' to protect the religious and moral values of T.C. Lark!!
BusyB
13th Jul 2009, 11:56
Its been blocked in UK and elsewhere intermittently. Suspect a server problem, nothing to do with UAE. See thread in Jetblast.:ok:
Jet II
13th Jul 2009, 12:37
I can access Pprune fine from the UAE :ok:
Tassie Devil
13th Jul 2009, 12:57
It was blocked in mainland China yesterday !:oh:
SNS3Guppy
13th Jul 2009, 13:01
I'm a little north of there, and we get the same thing. No internet censorship here, but frequently get the message "could not connect," and it acts as though pprune is down. It's not, but for whatever reason, it seems harder to get pprune than other sites. Usually just wait and try again.
skype
13th Jul 2009, 13:51
posted to good'll usa on RR
i too am seeing "cannot connect" message so it would seem PPRUNE problem and not the eSl@t's blocking software :ok:
Scott Diamond
13th Jul 2009, 14:13
Great to see our PC world can now blame the Arabians for this "Could not connect" error. :ok:
As mentioned in the Computer Issues thread,Pprune is hosted in California.And this glitch occurred over the weekend there,so hopefully will be resolved in a few hours as Monday morning arrives. There are quite often various levels of service support available for web hosting services depending on how critical the site is to your business.You pay a LOT more for immediate tech support. Also the provider may promise 99% availability in a contract ( just like one I had with a provider).Over a year that means it can be down for 87.6 hours ( 3.65 days) without breaching the contract.