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Gerry (The MOTH) TheMOTH

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Jul 4, 2007, 2:23:47 AM7/4/07
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Well 3UK have blocked access to all Google services over the internet, like
email, calendar, reader, picasa, etc..

I know 3UK have a tie in with Yahoo, but this is going a bit too far!

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BGN

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Jul 4, 2007, 2:56:00 AM7/4/07
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:23:47 +0100, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry
(TheMOTH)> wrote:

>Well 3UK have blocked access to all Google services over the internet, like
>email, calendar, reader, picasa, etc..
>
>I know 3UK have a tie in with Yahoo, but this is going a bit too far!

I didn't believe that 3 would be so stupid so I turned on my Nokia
e61, went to the gmail java client, didn't work. So I went to
www.gmail.com – Connection timeout. Then www.yahoo.co.uk just to see
if that worked, it did, then went to www.google.co.uk – Connection
timeout. Then www.yahoo.co.uk to check, that worked.

I think 3 may well just lose another customer because of their utter
shitness.

The irony is that google's search page worked far better on my Nokia
e61's browser than any other. Yahoo's page is a page full of shit
that doesn't even center properly.
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Gerry (The MOTH) TheMOTH

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Jul 4, 2007, 3:48:04 AM7/4/07
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"BGN" <nickm...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:23:47 +0100, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry
> (TheMOTH)> wrote:
>
>>Well 3UK have blocked access to all Google services over the internet,
>>like
>>email, calendar, reader, picasa, etc..
>>
>>I know 3UK have a tie in with Yahoo, but this is going a bit too far!
>
> I didn't believe that 3 would be so stupid so I turned on my Nokia
> e61, went to the gmail java client, didn't work. So I went to
> www.gmail.com - Connection timeout. Then www.yahoo.co.uk just to see
> if that worked, it did, then went to www.google.co.uk - Connection

> timeout. Then www.yahoo.co.uk to check, that worked.
>
> I think 3 may well just lose another customer because of their utter
> shitness.
>
> The irony is that google's search page worked far better on my Nokia
> e61's browser than any other. Yahoo's page is a page full of shit
> that doesn't even center properly.
> --
> -- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickm...@spamcop.net
> -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11
> -- GSF600n www.bgn.me.uk - Drive until you lose the road

I've called and also emailed Three via the website and also emailed the
Xseries Blog, does anyone know a direct email address for Google?

Can everyone who is on 3UK and uses Google, can they either call or email
Customer Services, the more people complaining the more chance we have they
will put it back.

Is Three's Walled Garden returning???????????????????????

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Jack Torrence

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Jul 4, 2007, 4:13:46 AM7/4/07
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"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
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>
> Can everyone who is on 3UK and uses Google, can they either call or email
> Customer Services, the more people complaining the more chance we have
> they will put it back.

Done.


Usenet User

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Jul 4, 2007, 4:26:17 AM7/4/07
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On Jul 4, 8:48 am, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote:
> "BGN" <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote in message

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> news:nvgm83ptkfa5f581e...@4ax.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:23:47 +0100, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry
> > (TheMOTH)> wrote:
>
> >>Well 3UK have blocked access to all Google services over the internet,
> >>like
> >>email, calendar, reader, picasa, etc..
>
> >>I know 3UK have a tie in with Yahoo, but this is going a bit too far!
>
> > I didn't believe that 3 would be so stupid so I turned on my Nokia
> > e61, went to the gmail java client, didn't work. So I went to
> >www.gmail.com- Connection timeout. Thenwww.yahoo.co.ukjust to see

> > if that worked, it did, then went towww.google.co.uk- Connection
> > timeout. Thenwww.yahoo.co.ukto check, that worked.

>
> > I think 3 may well just lose another customer because of their utter
> > shitness.
>
> > The irony is that google's search page worked far better on my Nokia
> > e61's browser than any other. Yahoo's page is a page full of shit
> > that doesn't even center properly.
> > --
> > -- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmoo...@spamcop.net

> > -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11
> > -- GSF600nwww.bgn.me.uk- Drive until you lose the road

>
> I've called and also emailed Three via the website and also emailed the
> Xseries Blog, does anyone know a direct email address for Google?
>
> Can everyone who is on 3UK and uses Google, can they either call or email
> Customer Services, the more people complaining the more chance we have they
> will put it back.
>
> Is Three's Walled Garden returning???????????????????????
>
> --
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> - Show quoted text -

I would guess this is a temporary network issue -- it works fine for
me today, although I did have the odd problem yesterday evening.

Gerry (The MOTH) TheMOTH

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Jul 4, 2007, 5:02:34 AM7/4/07
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"Usenet User" <usene...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I would guess this is a temporary network issue -- it works fine for
> me today, although I did have the odd problem yesterday evening.
>

But they're temporarily blocking only the google websites? Reason?

Is this the return of the Walled Garden?

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R. Mark Clayton

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Jul 4, 2007, 7:12:37 AM7/4/07
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"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
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There were problems accessing google.co.uk from wired connections yesterday.
google.com worked OK.

OTOH this is the sort of thing 3 do all the time...


Gerry (The MOTH) TheMOTH

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Jul 4, 2007, 8:26:41 AM7/4/07
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"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
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Well I've managed to get Google back, but at the expense of YahooGo! which
has stopped syncing.
I've setup GMail to fetch my YMail, but I liked my contacts and calendar was
synced remotely in case the phone ever crashed.

Hopefully will start working again.

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Jethro

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Jul 4, 2007, 8:32:49 AM7/4/07
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On 4 Jul, 12:12, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in messagenews:468b3978$1...@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...

>
> > Well 3UK have blocked access to all Google services over the internet,
> > like email, calendar, reader, picasa, etc..
>
> > I know 3UK have a tie in with Yahoo, but this is going a bit too far!
>
> > --
> > Gerry (The MOTH)
>
> There were problems accessing google.co.uk from wired connections yesterday.
> google.com worked OK.
>
> OTOH this is the sort of thing 3 do all the time...

sounds like a good enough reason not to go for a 3 phone then.

Seems not much has changed in the two years since a colleague at work
(who was a dissatisfied 3 customer) almost went on bended knees to beg
me not to consider a 3 phone ...

R. Mark Clayton

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Jul 4, 2007, 8:48:33 AM7/4/07
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Marry him or her!


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Jul 4, 2007, 10:19:06 AM7/4/07
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On Jul 4, 10:02 am, "Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote:
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As I said originally -- it works fine for me. So, probably nothing
deliberate.

Jack Torrence

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Jul 4, 2007, 10:51:59 AM7/4/07
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"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
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Works fine now. What made you think access was deliberately being blocked by
3?


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Jul 4, 2007, 12:16:31 PM7/4/07
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"Gerry (The MOTH)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in message
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who says they blocked it? - it's quite common to lose just 1 website due to
routing issues etc.

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Gerry (The MOTH) TheMOTH

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Jul 4, 2007, 1:40:43 PM7/4/07
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"Jack Torrence" <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Works fine now. What made you think access was deliberately being blocked
> by 3?
>

I could access all google services via a O2 mobile my friend had and 3 where
saying they never had a problem when I called them.

I use Gmail and Reader every minute of the day, so was a bit lost at work
yesterday without it. My current employers PC do not allow me access to
email, but did find out later yesterday that if you login to www.google.com
and switch to igoogle you can add a tab for gmail which gives you the titles
of all emails only and work server denies me access to open them, but reader
works great.

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Gerry (The MOTH)

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Jul 4, 2007, 5:38:30 PM7/4/07
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YahooGo! email notification working again just after I'd installed
Exchange for Mail. Syncing Calendar and contacts again.

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