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Sep 6, 2024 | 6:25 am

#91

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Originally Posted by moondog

If you really care (e.g. that's a train you plan on riding a lot), maybe get a VPN and find a server that works.

Just visiting, but FWIW I do have a VPN -- I run my own at home -- plus, using the wifi isn't compulsory :-) (nor is reading FT

) but seemed worth registering the data point.

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Originally Posted by plunet

It's not uncommon for heavily trafficed WiFi public hotspots to end up in lists of IP addresses and netblocks with poor reputation. The fact that you've got the Cloudflare error is an indication of this reputational issue.

Sure, and while I appreciate the technical problem from IB's side, it still seems amusing in some way for a travel-oriented site to block IPs used by people who are travelling...

Sep 6, 2024 | 6:39 am

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Originally Posted by Zorak

Sure, and while I appreciate the technical problem from IB's side, it still seems amusing in some way for a travel-oriented site to block IPs used by people who are travelling...

Many of IB's websites are not travel related.

I used to ask them to whitelist specific IP addresses or address ranges, but that's quite clearly not in line with their position on this matter.

As such, the path of least resistance is to change to an IP address that isn't blocked.

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Sep 7, 2024 | 12:15 am

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Originally Posted by moondog

As such, the path of least resistance is to change to an IP address that isn't blocked.

I agree.

But in my case I still felt the need to report the fact that accessing the site from my country's largest mobile network leads to a Cloudflare error. They don't seem to have done anything about it so I continue to use the VPN.

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Sep 11, 2024 | 3:26 am

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Just had a series of Cloudflare errors when browsing FT on my iPhone from my home wifi which doesn't seem to have been compromised. Just clicking on a topic in a forum ??!

I will of course be checking with my kids that they're not running some illegal services from my home wifi - if not, anyone any ideas as to why this might be happening? Thanks