I just went to that site just fine via FiOS internet. However, I use OpenDNS for my DNS, that may be why I can get there and you can't. But other than possibly it not resolving via whatever DNS you are using, it appears to me that Verizon is not blocking that site. What error message are you getting?
__________________________________JustinVerizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phoneIMG 1.6.2, Build 08.58Keller, TX 76248
Hi Justin,
Thanks so much for the quick reply. Browsing these boards, I discovered the tracert tool:
C:\Users\manuva>tracert 93.190.140.79Tracing route to server.exdesi.com [93.190.140.79]over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.1.1 2 27 ms 27 ms 25 ms L100.STTLWA-DSL-02.verizon-gni.net [71.112.193.1] 3 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms P1-2.STTLWA-LCR-02.verizon-gni.net [130.81.34.102] 4 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms so-6-0-0-0.SEA01-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.28.166] 5 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 0.so-7-1-0.XT2.SEA7.ALTER.NET [152.63.105.61] 6 30 ms 28 ms 29 ms 0.so-2-0-0.XT2.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.104.229] 7 29 ms 29 ms 28 ms POS5-0.BR1.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.105.85] 8 31 ms 28 ms 29 ms 204.255.174.166 9 78 ms 78 ms 79 ms sl-crs1-chi-0-11-3-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.157] 10 106 ms 104 ms 105 ms sl-crs1-nyc-0-8-0-3.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.123] 11 106 ms 105 ms 105 ms sl-gw40-nyc-14-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.13.50] 12 105 ms 107 ms 104 ms 160.81.48.66 13 178 ms 211 ms 176 ms xe-2-0-0.ams10.ip.tiscali.net [89.149.186.245] 14 181 ms 179 ms 179 ms caiw-diensten-gw.ip.tiscali.net [77.67.72.134] 15 181 ms 180 ms 179 ms cn-nawij-is-cr10-ten1-1.caiw.net [62.45.254.2] 16 178 ms 178 ms 177 ms cn-nawij-is-cr10-po2-2.caiw.net [62.45.63.158] 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. 21 * * * Request timed out. 22 * * * Request timed out. 23 * * * Request timed out. 24 * * * Request timed out. 25 * * * Request timed out. 26 * * * Request timed out. 27 * * * Request timed out. 28 * * * Request timed out. 29 * * * Request timed out. 30 * * * Request timed out.
Does this help?
Well, yes, maybe it helps.
First, from the tracert is clear you are getting well outside Verizon's network before it fails. It fails at the last hop; I tried looking up the IP address associated with it, I am not sure what all the info means but it appears the owner of that IP address is in the Netherlands.
My guess is that for some reason traffic from your IP address is being blocked at that point. Verizon has recently acquired some new IP address blocks, perhaps the one you are on is being blocked because it was previously used by a spammer or some other bad guy. What IP address block are you on, do you know?(don't provide the entire address, just the first two parts: for example, I am on 173.74.x.x right now, it occasionally changes). If this is the problem, I don't think there is any way for Verizon to fix the problem, the administrator at the site where you are blocked needs to update their "bogon filters" (I think that is the correct term). Here is a link to a thread that discusses this and I think pretty much describes the same problem as yours:
http://forums.verizon.com/vrzn/board/message?board.id=FiOS_Internet&message.id=3478&query.id=139537#M3478
Hope this helps.
Ah, thanks! AFAIK, this is my IP address is 71.112.XXX.XXX
