Starting to get really ticked off. Telus has been sporadically blocking this site. It's only works about 5% of the time I try accessing. Who do they think they are playing God telling me what sites I can visit?
Telus blocking this site
- Thread starter WashboardAbs
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Interesting I have had the same problem but cleared cache by turning the phone off and then on again and it worked for a while. Now its back to WiFi only.
I've been in Europe for a few months and T-mobile blocks anything with adult content. Very annoying!
I was only having very sporadic connections with Telus. It always seemed to depend on where I was. I live downtown but could never access on 4g/LTE in any western part of the city. However, I could easily access the site when I was in the Fraser Valley. I had no trouble whatsoever accessing the site in Calgary.
I called Telus helpdesk on an unrelated issue (my data connection would occasionally drop, totally random). They did a few things on their side, then the guy said that he "refreshed my data profile" and to call back if my connection continued to drop. This has fixed both issues and I have not had a problem accessing the site on 4G/LTE since then. However, I did in fact have this issue with my current phone and my previous iPhone 4S. If anyone is having this problem, you can call and ask them to do this. I can't think of any reason why Telus would block the site.
I called Telus helpdesk on an unrelated issue (my data connection would occasionally drop, totally random). They did a few things on their side, then the guy said that he "refreshed my data profile" and to call back if my connection continued to drop. This has fixed both issues and I have not had a problem accessing the site on 4G/LTE since then. However, I did in fact have this issue with my current phone and my previous iPhone 4S. If anyone is having this problem, you can call and ask them to do this. I can't think of any reason why Telus would block the site.
Interesting to see I am not the only one. I posted this, then minutes later, could not access. As you can see now, I am able to post. Not able to access with my iPhone. On Telus at home. Would not dare try at work. Desktops blocked, and WiFi monitored.
Bump...Just wondering if anyone else is still having problems with Telus dropping/blocking this site? I can often login, but then am blocked every few minutes. A few minutes later, I can access it again. Very frustrating. It seems like it is a rotating block of the site.
Shaw wi-fi seems to do that to me sometimes as well. I just either keep trying, reboot or tether to my cell.
It means accessing the internet through your smartphones data plan. If you have certain androids you can set it up as a wi-fi hotspot as well.One of these days, I'm gonna learn what that means...
Should be available on iphone too:
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/09/19/how-to-use-personal-hotspot-on-ios-6-and-the-iphone-5/
I suppose direct connecting and bluetooth are also options.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574
it should work with all modern smartphones
the term tethering refers to communicating between two devices, traditionally via a hard wire connection of some sort, hence the term tethering
once wireless technology became widespread, it became possible to do away with the tether, and communicate between the two devices via wi-fi. that type of tethering is now called a wi-fi hotspot
restaurants, coffee shops, airports etc. have a wi-fi hotspot device through which you can access the internet via your laptop, tablet or handheld. modern smartphones can be set up to act as a wi-fi hotspot so you can access the internet on your tablet or laptop through them
look in 'settings' on your smartphone
So what you're saying is, if I'm in an area where I'd prefer not to piggyback someone's unsecure internet connection, I can arrange to use my iPhone internet as my internet for the lap top? And I set this up through Rogers, in advance?
Notes:
1. May include an additional fee or requirement. Contact carrier for more information.
Thanks so much for the education (et al), I really appreciate it...
yes
although you wouldn't be using your iphone internet browsing capability, you'd be uploading and downloading internet data through the cellular phone network, not via hard lines as you would at say an internet cafe or airport using their wifi hotspot which would be connected to hard lines
you do need to have a data plan in place with your carrier though, as all the information recieved and transmitted via wi-fi through the cell phone simply counts as 'data'. they usually have little tables they can show you in the kiosk that will guide you on how big a data plan to get based on what you think you will be doing when using it
