Comments on: ArmenTel Blocked? http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Jason http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4275 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:27:51 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4275 In the regions, we have not been able to use any email client or web email for about a week. They say it is an Arminco issue. However, my hope is buoyed a bit because everyone has been in a major blame game over it. How hard is it to simply keep everything in reasonable working order? How is a businessman supposed to carryout business if communications are never working when they are needed. I hope the Russians do better than the Greeks with the management in the coming months but at this moment I am not hopeful. In the regions, we have not been able to use any email client or web email for about a week. They say it is an Arminco issue. However, my hope is buoyed a bit because everyone has been in a major blame game over it. How hard is it to simply keep everything in reasonable working order? How is a businessman supposed to carryout business if communications are never working when they are needed. I hope the Russians do better than the Greeks with the management in the coming months but at this moment I am not hopeful.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4272 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:59:26 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4272 And a few hours later it's blocked again. Really, does anything work properly in Armenia? Like I said, this is the largest telecommunications company in Armenia with control over the Internet -- a prerequisite for the IT industry. Now I discover that ArmenTel has apparently been blocked I'm beginning to wonder whether a friend reporting a number of sites being blocked to his Xter.net IP address isn't the same thing. Someone tells me its because a lot of porn spam apparently comes from Armenia. Does anyone know if this is true and more importantly, when someone supposedly responsible for maintaining the Internet here is going to look into it? Incidentally, the IP blocking also prevents me from leaving comments on this blog which means this spam database is really used by a lot of hosting companies out there. Yes, I can request that the IP address be removed, leave a comment, but a few hours later, ArmenTel is blocked again. And they don't seem to care. Amazing. And a few hours later it’s blocked again. Really, does anything work properly in Armenia? Like I said, this is the largest telecommunications company in Armenia with control over the Internet — a prerequisite for the IT industry.

Now I discover that ArmenTel has apparently been blocked I’m beginning to wonder whether a friend reporting a number of sites being blocked to his Xter.net IP address isn’t the same thing.

Someone tells me its because a lot of porn spam apparently comes from Armenia. Does anyone know if this is true and more importantly, when someone supposedly responsible for maintaining the Internet here is going to look into it?

Incidentally, the IP blocking also prevents me from leaving comments on this blog which means this spam database is really used by a lot of hosting companies out there. Yes, I can request that the IP address be removed, leave a comment, but a few hours later, ArmenTel is blocked again.

And they don’t seem to care. Amazing.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4269 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:13:07 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/07/29/armentel-blocked/#comment-4269 Well, requesting removal of the IP address seems to have worked: <blockquote>IP Address 212.73.64.41 was not found in the CBL. It was previously listed, but was removed at 2007-07-29 08:24 GMT</blockquote> Even so, I think ArmenTel should be responsible for maintaining their connection and not their users. Remember, the IP address was blocked for four days until I found how to remove it this morning. Well, requesting removal of the IP address seems to have worked:

IP Address 212.73.64.41 was not found in the CBL.

It was previously listed, but was removed at 2007-07-29 08:24 GMT

Even so, I think ArmenTel should be responsible for maintaining their connection and not their users. Remember, the IP address was blocked for four days until I found how to remove it this morning.

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