[Gllug] ping!

[Mark Williams]

On Monday 29 Dec 2003 4:35 pm, Bernard Peek wrote:
> In message <200312291538.hBTFcpa6016220 at isengard.accucard.com>, Tethys
> <tet at createservices.com> writes
>
> >Gordon Joly writes:
> >>ICMP type 8: refused at Demon/BT borders (and has been for a while,
> >> certainly since October)
> >>
> >>ping www.gllug.org.uk
> >>PING www.gllug.ukfsn.org (217.158.120.142) from 192.168.116.4 : 56(84)
> >>bytes of data.
> >>
> >>>From thus4-hg3.ealing.broadband.bt.net (217.47.132.202) icmp_seq=1
> >>>Packet filtered
> >>>From thus4-hg3.ealing.broadband.bt.net (217.47.132.202) icmp_seq=2
> >>>Packet filtered
> >>>From thus4-hg3.ealing.broadband.bt.net (217.47.132.202) icmp_seq=3
> >>>Packet filtered
> >
> >Ermmm... ask for a refund? You're presumably paying for IP connectivity,
> >which they're not providing. Check the smallprint. They may have a "we can
> >weasel our way out of this" clause. But if not, then it might be worth a
> >go. Or just take your business elsewhere:
>
> You might find it difficult to find an alternative. Several of the major
> UK ISPs made the same decision at pretty much the same time. They
> blocked the traffic because of the 'welchia' worm infection back in
> October.
>
> See:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=dem
> on.announce&c2coff=1&selm=mr5qnXAPIlQ%24EwTn%40demon.net.
>
ping www.gllug.org.uk
PING www.gllug.ukfsn.org (217.158.120.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from s1.ukfsn.org (217.158.120.142): icmp_seq=1 ttl=248 time=33.4 ms
64 bytes from s1.ukfsn.org (217.158.120.142): icmp_seq=2 ttl=248 time=12.5 ms
64 bytes from s1.ukfsn.org (217.158.120.142): icmp_seq=3 ttl=248 time=14.3 ms
[from Blueyonder - reasonably major ISP]
>
> --
> Bernard Peek
> London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author. Will work for money.

-- 
Mark

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