[Gllug] ping!

[Bernard Peek]

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.



-- 
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author. Will work for money.

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