The internet is not really world wide (or, why I cannot I access USsites from the Philippines withou

[RayLopez99]

The internet is not really world wide (or, why I cannot I access US sites from the Philippines (PH) without a proxy server outside the PH?)

From the Philippines, I tried to get some printer drivers from Canon (US), and my connection timed out. I then tried to access Gizmo's freeware site,and the connection timed out. I tried CNN.COM and it worked, so I knew itwas some sort of 'geolocation' blockage. I next found a Canon India website, and was able to download my driver from there. I tried to access my USbased email server to download my email, which normally works, but was blocked. I then logged into a proxy server, the same one I am using to post this message (Your IP Address Is:206.196.103.213 Region: Moscow Country: Russian Federation), and, despite the fact the proxy server is in Moscow of all places, I was able to get into Gizmo as well as Canon's US site.

Why? Some sort of geolocation blocking. I have run across this before forcertain sites showing a video that is only available to US residents, but never before on this scale. Are certain countries sometimes blocked due tospam concerns?

RL

 

[John Doe]

Regular Google Groups troll...

 

[RayLopez99]

Regular Google Groups troll...

Maybe it takes one to know one, Doughhead?

RL

 

[Jon Danniken]

The internet is not really world wide (or, why I cannot I access US
sites from the Philippines (PH) without a proxy server outside the
PH?)

From the Philippines, I tried to get some printer drivers from Canon
(US), and my connection timed out. I then tried to access Gizmo's
freeware site, and the connection timed out. I tried CNN.COM and it
worked, so I knew it was some sort of 'geolocation' blockage. I next
found a Canon India website, and was able to download my driver from
there. I tried to access my US based email server to download my
email, which normally works, but was blocked. I then logged into a
proxy server, the same one I am using to post this message (Your IP
Address Is:206.196.103.213 Region: Moscow Country: Russian
Federation), and, despite the fact the proxy server is in Moscow of
all places, I was able to get into Gizmo as well as Canon's US site.

Why? Some sort of geolocation blocking. I have run across this
before for certain sites showing a video that is only available to US
residents, but never before on this scale. Are certain countries
sometimes blocked due to spam concerns?

Sometimes the internet gets wonky depending where you are at times. A
few days ago I was unable to get to a certain website through my ISP,
but using a proxy I could tell it was up and running just fine (which
was confirmed by a few other people).

No reason for it to be down, but it was, at least for me, and the next
day I was able to access it without any trouble.

I don't know if this is what is happening to you, but it is something to
consider.

Jon