It didn't work for me ... just hangs infinitely at "Waiting for
members.iinet.net.au..." ... feels like packets just being dropped
outright. I am on Comast Business, SE MI, USA.... my packets seem to get as
far as Cogent in LA but then from there, nothing.
Incidentally, it seems to work okay from the University of Michigan, A2 MI,
on a Merit -> GTT -> IINet route.
Best,
Sean
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> wrote:
Hello, all,
I am a member of the Homebuilt CPU web-ring, and a really weird problem
has turned up. The guy who administers the ring, David Brooks, is in
Australia, and uses iinet.net.au as his ISP. All members of the web ring
link to his personal web pages at iinet. Apparently, due to government
censorship or a private war between iinet and US content providers, iinet
or Australia are blocking access from at least some sites in the US. So,
from my work or home (totally different IPs) I cannot access ANY personal
pages at iinet, but a few general help pages there can be accessed. As far
as I can tell, nobody else in the world is being affected.
Some webring members are now using classiccmp mirrors to host the affected
files to get around this problem.
So, I wonder if I can ask classiccmp members, especially in the US, to
check if they can view this page:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~daveb/simplex/simplex.html
This is David Brooks' homebuilt 16-bit CPU.
Please send me the results of your test, no matter whether it works or
DOESN'T work, I am looking for statistics on how much of the US is being
blocked. Also, let me know where you are. I am assuming this is only a
problem in the US, but that is not guaranteed. I also am not able to make
email contact with David Brooks, so it seems email is ALSO being blocked.
If you want to do some more research, just Google members.iinet and you
will see a lot of hits of the form:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~some_name
and see if you can access ANY of them. From both my home and work IP, I
can not get ANY of these pages to respond.
If you want to see my page, it is :
http://pico-systems.com/ring/ring.html
Thanks for any help or info you can offer!
Jon