WordPress sites off line ?

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  davidalockwood · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 4:26 am

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  Since yesterday, I have been unable to open any wordpress.com website here in Oman. Is it a common problem at the moment or just local to Oman.
  Can get forums page but slow, reader page opens but no sites showing.
  Got here through devious means otherwise even support closed.
  Have you upset Oman censors ?

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

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 4:47 am

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  https://davidalockwood.wordpress.com/ – loads fine for me

  I have flagged this for staff attention

  Ask your ISP if they have an issue with WordPress.COM – from time to time ISP’s have made config errors that bumped WordPress.COM offline – other times blocks have been put in place at the request of the government

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  mdekeersmaeker · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 1:27 pm

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  Hello, the same is going on with our site, https://alarba.wordpress.com/ – it loads fine outside of Oman I’ve been told, but in Oman nothing works. The author living in Oman can’t even access wordpress.com or support.wordpress.com…

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 21, 2015 at 1:06 am

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  Hi there!

  @davidalockwood – Can you tell me what ISP you’re on?

  @mdekeersmaeker – Are you having trouble accessing your site? Or one of your authors? Can you tell me the ISPs where you can’t access WordPress.com?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 21, 2015 at 3:02 am

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  Sounds very much like Oman (like Turkey) is blocking WP.com again. Please contact your Internet Service Provider and ask them to Whitelist WordPress.com.

  Sometimes cellphone networks or university networks will work where home internet will not.

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  davidalockwood · Member · Mar 21, 2015 at 4:43 am

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  Omantel:
  I have had a word with a number of wordpress users & they all say it is a complete blackout – no wordpress site available in or out.
  Omantel just say they will get back to me …….. hummm.

  You will probably not get may calls for help because even this site is blocked, I am going through a third party.

  We will probably just have to wait it out .

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 21, 2015 at 2:40 pm

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  Thanks for the info! I’ve asked our systems team to take a look. I’ll let you know when I hear back.

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  mdekeersmaeker · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm

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  Hello, my ISP is Omantel. I can’t connect to my site (alarba.wordpress.com) People outside Oman (tested in Belgium) can connect to the site just fine.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 4:10 pm

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  Unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about this. You’ll need to contact Omantel about removing the block.

  Some users have had luck in accessing our sites over secure HTTP, which means the URL should start with https instead of http:

  https://alarba.wordpress.com/

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  orphicpixel · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 6:06 am

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  And with desperation, although my websites are not affected because they are self hosted, I was lead the this thread because some of the blog I follow cannot be open via Omantel network.

  September last year when we have this issue – https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-help-blog-showing-properly-to-viewers-but-not-me/page/1

  But now, totally no WordPress blog is loading.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 4:28 pm

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  Hi @orphicpixel. I understand the frustration. There’s nothing we can do on our end to get WordPress.com unblocked by Omantel. You can try contacting them about removing the block.

  We also have this article about bypassing internet restrictions. Please make sure to do your own research about the situation surrounding the block of WordPress.com in Oman before going forward with circumventing it:

  Bypassing Internet Restrictions

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  ynotoman · Member · Apr 5, 2015 at 7:32 am

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  Hmm
  Same thing again – Firefox was my problem – then Chrome.
  However using Firefox on mobile works.
  Is it an Omantel only issue or is it Oreedoo as well??

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  ynotoman · Member · Apr 5, 2015 at 8:01 am

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  I left a message on the Omantel Facebook page. If several people did the same it might have an impact.

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  ynotoman · Member · Apr 5, 2015 at 3:37 pm

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  On my Firefox desktop it says….
  Secure Connection Failed
  As authenticity of received data could not be verified

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  davidalockwood · Member · Apr 5, 2015 at 4:29 pm

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  ynotoman,

  I am certain it is only an Omantel problem because Ooredoo via wifi works ok with all wordpress sites opening.
  I also reported the problem to Omantel but so far no response.

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  ynotoman · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 3:05 am

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  and like magic – WordPress on FireFox is up and running

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  davidalockwood · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 3:30 am

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  So it is :)

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  orphicpixel · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 5:50 am

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  They finally wave their magic wand.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 8:59 pm

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  So glad you can access WordPress.com again. :)

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  zuleika2014 · Member · Apr 14, 2015 at 9:45 am

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  Hi I’m based in Oman and my blog isn’t working again. I have tried registering a complaint with Omantel and they never get back even though they say they will. My blog is https://bittenbythefantasybug.wordpress.com/