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Old 29th Jan 2017, 5:44 am   #1
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Hi looks looks Chris has pulled the plug on his forum, radios-tv.co.uk, there is no response, just a blank page.

Unless anyone knows better?
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 9:02 am   #2
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The VRAT forum is closed but https://www.radios-tv.co.uk/ looks to be up and running.

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Old 29th Jan 2017, 9:56 am   #3
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Yes, it's definitely still there but, as Keith says, the forum is closed.

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Old 29th Jan 2017, 9:57 am   #4
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Well not here it isn't.
Perhaps in view of the current restrictions on porn sites in the 'pines it has become a banned site.
I thought it was quite refined actually.
Not getting anything on the page, just totally blank.

Tried it from your link Keith, nothing.

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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:08 am   #5
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The link works fine for me. As you suggest, the site is probably being blocked at your end.
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:18 am   #6
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Hi Sam,
The Radio-TV link posted by Keith is now SSL, i.e. https. Chris has changed the site to SSL in the last few days, is it worth clearing out your web browser cache etc and try again.
If that does not clear it perhaps there are restrictions on SSL sites where you are.

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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:28 am   #7
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It was working last night fine, I was aware of the SSL change, it seemed to have made no difference until today when it's just not doing anything.
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:30 am   #8
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Looking at it now
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:32 am   #9
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Deleted it from my web browser list, still nothing. Perhaps it's the heat.
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 10:47 am   #10
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Deleted it from my web browser list, still nothing. Perhaps it's the heat.
Don't get us jealous in the UK with the freezing temperatures this morning. I suppose it's a walk on the beach for you later today.

If it was on a banned list I would have thought there would be a warning message. Could be as simple as someone at your DNS provider has corrupted a config file, it will probably be available for you later today.

I think you have access to a tablet computer, does that fail as well?
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Hi looks looks Chris has pulled the plug on his forum, radios-tv.co.uk, there is no response, just a blank page.

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The forum formerly known as 'VRAT' (of which I wasn't a member), closed on Sept 10 2016. The reasons for closure were stated, but were removed on 7 October. What was known as 'VRAT' is now known as the 'Vintage Radio & TV Archive' which is 'read only'. If anyone has a mind to view the Archive, they don't have to be registered, (except to view those areas which were only previously accessible by registered members).

See this: http://www.forum.radios-tv.co.uk/vie...p?f=93&t=13714

And this: http://www.forum.radios-tv.co.uk/

Seemingly, the forum has been 're-manifested' in another format and re-registration is necessary (if request approved), but you can view posts as a 'guest'.

The archive notice states:

...a few of us will be found on the Radios-TV's integrated forum:-

www.radios-tv.co.uk/forum/

(I've accessed all of the above links as a 'guest' just now without difficulty).

Hope that helps Boater Sam and others.
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 12:55 pm   #12
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I can access it as normal, in this case using an Android tablet.
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Old 29th Jan 2017, 2:45 pm   #13
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Good thought Frank, thanks.
Its exactly the same, nothing on the page, no warnings, with the ipad. Its curious.

It obviously goes looking because it puts the title of the forum on the tab header, then zilch.
Internet is very fast here at this time of night and the hotel wifi is exceptionally good.

City life for now, not on a beach this week, that starts mid February. For a whole month, life is tough for some.

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Old 30th Jan 2017, 1:44 am   #14
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Now, this morning I get no forum but do get the following message.

Forbidden - Visitors from your country are not permitted to browse this site.

So it would seem that here the radios-tv site is considered to salacious.
Perhaps someone in the UK could inform Chris about this please?
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Old 30th Jan 2017, 2:04 am   #15
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Have you tried to access an obvious porn site to establish if your access is being censored somewhere, either by the hotel or their ISP?

It's possible a hotel would try to block internet porn to encourage residents to pay for their TV porn channels, and this site may be a false positive. Terms like 'TV' and 'trannie' can trip porn filters.
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Old 30th Jan 2017, 7:33 am   #16
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Good Heavens Paul!

We don't do things like that in the Philippines, No porn required, one can go blind just walking the streets!

If you are giving me an excuse to misbehave.................... No, plenty of hot porn available everywhere ( probably full of viruses now ) so its not that.

The hotel has no interest in selling porn movies, we already have over 300 TV channels, mostly commercial or religious.

Its got something to do with the security they recently imposed on the site but it seems not to have taken effect straightaway. Bit of a pest, got nowt to read.
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Old 30th Jan 2017, 10:27 am   #17
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Have you tried to access other sites using https, for example:-

https://www.gov.uk/
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Old 30th Jan 2017, 11:25 am   #18
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Terms like 'TV' and 'trannie' can trip porn filters.
I wonder whether the likes of http://405-line.tv/ would also fall into that sort of trap.

By the way, my mind boggles conjuring up an image of a tr*nsv*st*te radio or television.
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Now, this morning I get no forum but do get the following message.

Forbidden - Visitors from your country are not permitted to browse this site.

So it would seem that here the radios-tv site is considered to salacious.
Perhaps someone in the UK could inform Chris about this please?
Chris has been having a lot of reports from his firewall regarding a general increase in malicious attacks mostly from other countries. His service provider has reported that this seems to be a global problem so he's blocked the problem countries completely. The forum is still very much alive for UK and Europe but I'm not sure which other areas are affected.
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If the Philippines is being blocked, you will need to use a UK based proxy server to access it. Google for more info. Some sort of subscription is normally needed for such a service.
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