Orange UK blocking access to MoDaCo - but not to soft porn sites! |
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 Mar 26 2008, 13:49
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 Moderator - Boing!  Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,373 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II  |
So the topless girls are fine by Orange's adult content standards (leaving me to censor them for our family-friendly site!), but two of the worlds biggest WinMo community support sites aren't? Come on Orange, what are you playing at?!   -------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Atom V! Ask your questions here and download the show here! Visit My Mini City daily to help the population grow - Isildur's Bane! - By clicking HERE! - Every hit counts! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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Mar 26 2008, 13:59
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TyTNic !  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 362 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
Oh my ... naked handsets!
Check out the flashing LED's on her! This post has been edited by WearTheFoxHat: Mar 26 2008, 13:59 -------------------- --
T-Mobile MDA Vario III - 8GB SD HC Asus EEE PC 4GB Black 702 - Pimped with 2GB RAM, 16GB SD HC Class 6, Bluetooth. |
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Mar 26 2008, 14:06
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 42 Joined: 14th February 2003 Member No.: 2,820 |
Modaco.com seems to work on my Orange Touch Dual... I wonder if they belive I'm over 18... Fools!
-------------------- Current:
Orange HTC Touch Dual Previous: Palm 750v Vodafone 1640/1240 SP5 VPA Compact SP3 PDA2K SP3i (Crap ROM and shocking Joystick!) iPAQ 41** (Work thing) e740 - WiFi - Bluetooth CF card - 256 SD E200 Dev Voyager :) (Crap ROM though) iPAQ 3660, Psion 5, Newton 1st GEN Mitac Mio (stolen in Hong Kong after 12 hours!!! :@) SPV - 256 SD - 7th replacment! Wish: Touch Dual with GPS internal! |
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Mar 26 2008, 14:17
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Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 541 Joined: 21st July 2003 From: Nottingham Member No.: 10,516 Device(s): M3100 |
I would try resetting your handset a few times. This happens to me infrequently, despite no "actual" block existing on my handset/account. It will probably start working soon enough.
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Mar 26 2008, 14:25
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 gotta start somewhere  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 53 Joined: 29th January 2005 From: Milton Keynes, UK Member No.: 107,458 Device(s): M3100 on T-Mobile |
what exactly is the full url for the FHM site ? Purely to check to see if I get the same problem you understand
-------------------- current phone .~::~. T-Mobile Hermes with Black Satin ROM (ex Orange M3100)
previous phones .~::~. O2 Mini-S, SPV C500, loads of Nokias...... |
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Mar 26 2008, 14:26
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 246 Joined: 31st August 2007 From: Edinburgh Member No.: 294,928 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Yeah, T-mobile are weird too... bebo and sections of the BBC website are blocked, but a quick google search for "porn"... Nothing. It lets me do it. WTF?
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Mar 26 2008, 16:42
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 121 Joined: 20th November 2006 Member No.: 214,896 Device(s): SPV C600 |
This is going back a while (12 months or so since I switched to T-Mobile) but I used to get all kinds of weird problems with Orange and it's 'safeguard' feature. Sometimes it would block out all racing and betting sites, sometimes it wouldn't. Switching the phone off and on again seemed to have some effect but I don't see how it could really, maybe it was just coincidence. Also, sometimes it would just block out perfectly innocent sites as seems to be the case in this example. I didn't realise this was still an issue a year later...
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Mar 26 2008, 16:52
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 Enthusiast Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 155 Joined: 27th November 2002 From: www.coolsmartphone.com Member No.: 164 |
I seem to be getting the site OK, but I guess it might depend on the data package or access point? I've never opted out of a content filter, but I've never opted in ether. T-Mobiles' content filter allows modaco though
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Mar 26 2008, 17:03
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Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,373 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
Orange turns it on by default i believe, so if you've disabled it you'll be able to access the site normally
-------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Atom V! Ask your questions here and download the show here! Visit My Mini City daily to help the population grow - Isildur's Bane! - By clicking HERE! - Every hit counts! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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Mar 26 2008, 19:03
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 Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 252 Joined: 29th April 2005 From: Italy Member No.: 126,630 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 (WM6) |
the right word is "LOL"
it's obvious they fear about unlocking&hacking they don't care the customers they think to the money -------------------- Weird things and Mitac Mio 8390 downloads on http://digilander.libero.it/tipika
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Mar 26 2008, 19:18
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 5,388 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500 |
QUOTE(Magnetic_dud @ Mar 26 2008, 19:03)  they think to the money What? You mean Orange think? 
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Mar 26 2008, 20:27
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 The artist formerly known as Peekie Group: Posters Posts: 1,839 Joined: 26th October 2003 Member No.: 19,316 |
modaco is a sort of porn for orange uk as everyone slags them off all the time ,its not an orange friendly forum, could be a reason why its blocked , they dont want to scare off their new customers ? good to see orange letting the playboy pics though on the phone ,but paul does call his phones sexy alot in the podcasts so it should get through wierd
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Mar 26 2008, 21:33
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 Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 483 Joined: 13th March 2005 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 116,892 Device(s): SPV E650+2Gb Micro SD |
Maybe Orange are not fond of Paul's debrander either......
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Mar 27 2008, 00:26
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 Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 170 Joined: 17th May 2007 Member No.: 257,315 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario II |
Back when I was on Orange (About a year ago) on a SE K750i, I simply had to disable the proxy in the connection settings and the Blocking died. Does this still work?
-------------------- T-Mobile MDA Vario II on Flext 35 + Web'n'Walk Pro + VPN.T-Mobile.UK APN (Allocates a IP instead of NAT)
ROM:Faria-R32/Dr Puttingham WM6.1 Radio: 1.54.07.10 Can't Wait for the Xperia X1... |
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Mar 27 2008, 01:48
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 196 Joined: 10th May 2007 Member No.: 254,928 Device(s): HTC P6500 |
I had this a year ago when using PAYG sims - I even requested a review at the time to confirm and they confirmed it was due to the ad banners showing gambling sites etc. Soft porn's fine it seems.. Once I'd registered a CC to prove I was over 18 it worked fine.
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Mar 29 2008, 17:41
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 7 Joined: 22nd May 2007 From: Lost in the Ether Member No.: 258,972 |
QUOTE(Monolithix @ Mar 26 2008, 14:49) So the topless girls are fine by Orange's adult content standards (leaving me to censor them for our family-friendly site!), but two of the worlds biggest WinMo community support sites aren't? Come on Orange, what are you playing at?! LOL, I find that XDA-DEV... forums are sometimes blocked for me some mornings (not always) even though I have confirmed my age. Perhaps its just a glitch in the system. Maybe if it was called SPV-Dev... then it may work LOL |
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Mar 29 2008, 17:43
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 7 Joined: 22nd May 2007 From: Lost in the Ether Member No.: 258,972 |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Mar 26 2008, 20:18) What? You mean Orange think? Not outside the Orange "box" |
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Mar 31 2008, 13:55
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 112 Joined: 20th November 2003 Member No.: 21,561 |
QUOTE(WinDoze9t8 @ Mar 29 2008, 17:43) Not outside the Orange "box" i love that game collection. portal rocks... |
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Apr 1 2008, 16:10
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just some guy, you know... Group: Posters Posts: 1,612 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: London, New Zealand Member No.: 271 Device(s): T-Mobile Vario II |
I get this if I go to any modaco sub domain. For instance http://vox.modaco.com however going to the main url works fine.
Very odd. This post has been edited by spacemonkey: Apr 1 2008, 16:16 -------------------- Like a monkey ready to be shot off into space. Spacemonkey. Ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
owned: SPV, E200, C500, C600, Wizard, Hermes smartphone software by me : http://www.surrealservices.co.uk |
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Apr 1 2008, 21:53
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Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,373 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
Hey spacemonkey, long time no see
I see the right kind of post title even brings the old school lurkers back out of the woodword 
-------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Atom V! Ask your questions here and download the show here! Visit My Mini City daily to help the population grow - Isildur's Bane! - By clicking HERE! - Every hit counts! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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