But being an A&t customer has its privileges.
Update: My roommate is still severely pissed off, but the AT&T corporate rep. I spent the last 60 minutes talking to actually told me type in this web address: http://stormen.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/att-blocks-4chan/
So shout out to you.
You win a pony*
*Actual pony has already died. So sad to be you, but AT&T loves you.
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The REAL reason… It seems 4chan redirected traffic to AT&T trying to fend off a DDoS attack.
http://status.4chan.org/index.html#2174049422947602936
For the past three weeks, 4chan has been under a constant DDoS attack. We were able to filter this specific type of attack in a fashion that was more or less transparent to the end user.
Unfortunately, as an unintended consequence of the method used, some Internet users received errant traffic from one of our network switches. A handful happened to be AT&T customers.
In response, AT&T filtered all traffic to and from our img.4chan.org IPs (which serve /b/ & /r9k/) for their entire network, instead of only the affected customers. AT&T did not contact us prior to implementing the block. Here is their statement regarding the matter.
In the end, this wasn’t a sinister act of censorship, but rather a bit of a mistake and a poorly executed, disproportionate response on AT&T’s part. Whoever pulled the trigger on blackholing the site probably didn’t anticipate [nor intend] the consequences of doing so.
Editor’s Note: Fuck AT&T. What I say carries the weight of law on the Internet. They displeased me. That is all.
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