For those that aren’t aware Tiscali is one of the biggest ISP in the UK, they are also linked with Pipex and O2. There’s been a lot of discussion over the last two days about not being able to connect to the likes of Blue SQ, Titan and VCPoker and after some extensive digging around it was pretty much confirmed to be the whole of the iPoker network. It appears to have had a knock-on affect to their casino products as well. After phoning the Tiscali help line I managed to get through to a representative, “We no block anything sir” was his response. I couldn’t really get much more because the rep had the language capacity of a five year old child.
Tiscali have been known for blocking iTunes and a number of bit torrent sites as well but never lets anyone know about upcoming maintenance. I hope they have the problem resolved as soon as possible but one Technical Administrator from Tiscali states the work could be months. To me it sounds like the safe port act all over again for what ever reason they are choosing to block players from getting their daily dose, personally it’s time to get a new ISP.
Sources:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55198731
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/printthread.php?t=145734
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=141455
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