Connecting to WordPress.com from Venezuela (CANTV)
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Hello, I have been having problems accessing wordpress.com blogs since yesterday, I can’t access my own blog either. I barely managed to login from the main page but I can’t access to my dashboard either. I thought it was only me but I asked a friend, also from Venezuela, and she can’t open wordpress.com either. Any idea about what’s happening?
Thanks for your attention in advance.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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First thing to try is to log out, clear your browser cache and cookies, restart your browser and then try again. See if that helps.
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@TSP: If it was the government blocking access to WordPress.com, then it would not just be the blogs but also the forums that would be blocked, eh?
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@thesacredpath: I clear my cookies every time I start a windows session, nothing changed since I restarted the pc yesterday. Besides I used another browser and asked a friend (other side of the country) to open her page or any WP blog. She couldn’t.
@airodyssey:you are probably right. Anyway, I take it your blog is hosted by WordPress or using the program right? I can’t open it either :(. On the other hand, I can open thesacredpath’s blog…this is so intriguing…
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Hello I have the same problem, I am from Venezuela too. I clear my browser and nothing happens.
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@thorofasgard: do you think this is a government problem? if it were it would have been announced widely. I don’t think so. Could it be a problem with the provider of internet services? I use cantv’s abba.
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The technology exists to block an individual blog not just any content from a specific base URL (i.e. WordPress.com). U.S. based companies have been selling the technology for several years to some repressive countries.
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Until proven otherwise, let’s not jump to the conclusion that it is a government effort. There are literally thousands of things that can happen on the internet to cause issues like this.
* Overloaded or b0rked invisible proxy servers at ISPs.
* Heavy loads on some trunks of the internet
* Sections of the internet down somewhere between you and the wordpress servers
* Faulty internet switches, routers and other equipment
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@Haphazardlycurious: I have catntv´s abba too. I do not Know. I like wordpress and I do no t want to re open a blog in somewhere else.
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There were also some problems recently that were related to firewall software blocking access for some people that were trying to visit blogs at WordPress.com from work.
Also as TSP says – lots of things can go wrong between you and a site. My personal thoughts are that I would doubt that Venezuela would be blocking WordPress.com. I can’t see an upside to doing that for them.
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There is a comment in a random post in devilsexcrement . com (don’t want to link since it’s political talk)
For what it’s worth CANTV seems to be blocking access to wordpress.com. Can’t get to Caracas Gringo or Setty.
If I use a US proxy it loads without a problem.
Seems like I’ll have to investigate if I can do that to access.
So far I don’t think it’s a government effort thesacredpath but from what I saw in google news http://bit.ly/bGKUqp (mostly Spanish) there are several affected already.
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Another suggestion (remember I don’t live in your country) would be to just work your email lists and see if your friends can get to the sites in question, that might help indicate if it is an ISP issue or something else.
Good luck
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Well, i have the same problem, a friend can load my wordpress blog from a blackberry and a movistar conection, diferent to cantv.net service.
I think that someone fill a lot of wordpress IP in a dangerous list in cantv service and block any access to them.
I don;t know my IP address blog to chek it on the list, because i cannot access:
revistaminera.wordpress.com
If someone here can provide it i lreally appreciate
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I could access only using a web proxy, like HideMyAss.
My friends from other countries can see the sites very well, here they can’t.
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Contact your ISP directly and ask them to whitelist WordPress.com. It’s happened a few times recently, in the UK, in California, and in parts of Europe. Usually enough people complain that the ISP fixes it right away.
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Same problem here. The whole day -Monday Sept 27th- I have not been able to get into my blog. A friend of mine has had the same problem. Both of us in Venezuela. WordPress users for years and it is the first time with this kind of problem.
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Me and my dad are having the same problem, my blog in wordpress and pretty much every blog I try to open is not working. I can open my dad’s but is really weird, with a bunch of strange numbers and letters. I’m from caracas too and this has been like that since sunday’s night.
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