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AT&T blocks 4chan. (/thread-2126.html)AT&T blocks 4chan. - PK8 - 07-27-2009
I'm really late on the news but...
http://status.4chan.org/
Quote:It's come to our attention that AT&T is filtering/blocking img.4chan.org (/b/ & /r9k/) for many of their customers. There is no remedy at this time.
http://stormen.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/att-blocks-4chan/
Quote:Firing one of the first shots in the net neutrality war, AT&T has blocked 4chanâs /b/ image board. AT&T subscribers are unable to connect to /b/ and /r9k/ (both of which are hosted on img.4chan.org). However, subscribers can get on any of the so-called «worksafe» boards that 4chan.org offers.
The problem seems to be present only for wired connections only (AT&T Mobility customers are not affected). The problem is not caused by an DNS-error, as traceroutes indicates that AT&T is dropping img.4chan.org requests in the AT&T network.
Digg: http://digg.com/tech_news/AT_T_blocks_4chan
Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/94pf2/att_is_now_blocking_all_access_to_img4chanorg/
Mashable: http://mashable.com/2009/07/26/report-att-blocking-4chan/
Oh boy, AT&T just opened up a can of worms, shot themselves in the foot and they're going to have hell for doing this. Whether you like 4chan or not, this is a slap in the face of net neutrality and this could be the first step to more sites getting banned/censored and that's just not cool.
I could probably go on into a slightly non-sensical rambling about it but I won't. :P
AT&T blocks 4chan. - DerVVulfman - 07-27-2009
It's over.
AT&T DECLARES A CEASEFIRE
Quote:"Just got a call back from AT&T - seems the reason for the block isn't CP. It's because the site is a constant target of DDOS attacks that were routed through AT&T servers. AT&T blocked it because their bandwidth was spiraling out of control."
It seems the problem WAS Anontalk & co after all. AT&T detected the constant DDOSing of 4chan's servers, the attacks were coming from AT&T lines. So they shut off those lines to stop the DDOS against 4chan and stop their bandwidth rape.