ERROR: The requested URL could not be retrieved

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  antipopcult · Member · Aug 9, 2014 at 2:01 pm

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  Hi,

  A bit of a weird one: beginning last night, I cannot see my blog antipopcult.wordpress.com on any browser or any device (or any other WordPress blogs!). I can still get into the WordPress admin and dashboard but the site itself returns this error:-

  “ERROR
  The requested URL could not be retrieved
  The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://antipopcult.wordpress.com/
  Connection to 76.7x.2xx.1xx failed.
  The system returned: (110) Connection timed out
  The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.”

  It’s strange but I cannot access any WordPress sites but ALL other sites remain unaffected. I haven’t updated any piece of software or firmware on anything, and it doesn’t make a difference which browser or PC/Mac/tablet I use. I have also cleared the cache from the browsers, but this doesn’t help either.

  Any suggestions?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 9, 2014 at 2:50 pm

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  Duplicate > see here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/error-the-requested-url-could-not-be-retrieved-3?replies=2#post-1986968

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  timethief · Member · Aug 9, 2014 at 2:57 pm

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  There’s an update now at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/uk-isps-temporarily-blocked?replies=1