blonde poker forum

Time to look for a new ISP as they have just switched off the ports needed to contact all poker sites. This may be why some blondites are having problems today.

They given any reason for this do you know mate?

just got a phone call to ask if i could finish a game for someone as they've been kicked out with no notice or warning. Guy cant get into any poker site so any of you on tiscoli beware. Im on NTL 2meg and never have any problems and can't reccomend it enough if anyone is looking for a new ISP.

Can you them ring up and cancel this (the block)?

I think I remember hearing that it's some form of "protection" thing that they have decided should be opt-out rather than option. I'm tired though so could be making this up.

This is a spam email going about, i am on tiscali and there are no problems, they would not block any sites as it is a breach of your data protection rights.
People down load illegally and and view inappropriate sites on tiscali so poker is of little concern to them.

tiscali  here too, all normal.

mex i can assure you its not a spam email as I had a phone call about 7pm asking me to finish a final off for another blondite. While on the phone I could here his mrs (a solicitor) arguing with tiscoli in the background. He was unable to get into any poker sites and was told they had put a block on poker sites- they can unblock it and it will take a few days but hardly the point when you get booted mid game with no notice.

I'm sure there was another thread about Tiscali blocking someone's access in the evenings to Ladbrokes.

i've set someone home network up thsi afternoon using tiscali and he's playing now as am i, there may be a block on certain usa sites that are operating from reservation land with in the US, i saw some thing on a news program a few weeks back about it. This would  mean they monitor your sites which i am sure is illegal in the uk when it comes to data protection, nothing on tiscalis sites? anyone?

Just tried crypto, star, tribeca and full tilt.
No problems here, though they may be switching them off geographically.

Just contacted tiscali and they have no idea what i am talking about, tnhe even pointed this out,     

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/gambling/

Saying i can play with there sponsered site.

opps sorry for a url without permiission, if its needed i never know on forums

Maybe it's a Russian thing

what is tiscoli? is that the same as tiscali or something else?

tiscali haven't blocked poker sites, fact.

My mate in Cornwall was using tiscali, due to play Leotop weekly final a few weeks ago (weds night) and tiscali blocked him.

Ladbrokes kindly let him play in the following weeks final, he WON and is now of to DORTMUND  ;goodluck;

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

I believe it is more catastrophic than tiscali blocking poker sites ... I think that the world must be ending AND hell freezing over ..... well those are the only 2 circumstances where i would ever consider phoning Ariston and asking him to play a comp for me ;)

God bless the libertarian anarchists. The world tho' is being taken over by the fascist police of the politically correct

Pfft

This is the age of the internet, free speech has never had this much of a party. Anyone can say whatever they want, annonymously even, and the truth about everything is hiding somewhere (usually on page 28 of google.) 

A by-product of all this (asides from pipe-bomb manufacturing knowledge being spread) is that those who seek to criticize, from artistic, philosophical, or even the unfortunately over-zealous morallly indignant standpoint can have as loud a voice as anyone else. When they say something is naughty, well, I guess they're allowed.

The world is only ever going to be taken over by the noisiest majority. If you think this is the facist police, and you don't like that, it's up to you to create a little noise yourself, you're allowed.

Oh hang on, you just did that. Ignore the first 3 paragraphs of this post. (They were twaddle, but I guess I'm allowed to write twaddle, and somewhere therin may be a point.....if I got lucky)

Yes, I wouldn't want to live in a world where 'the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity'.

Awfully arrogant of liberals to assume it was them Yeats was on about when he refers to the best. No wonder they lack conviction.

Probably was though.

Where are all the right wing poets ffs? It's been all downhill since Leviticus.
For sure they hae passionate intensity, but can they rhyme?

Bertrand Russell sums that up well:

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

He should have said

"The trouble with the world might be that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

:)up

Ariston is quite correct. Apparently Tiscali are reducing bandwiths to gaming companies at certain high useage times, ie peak evening.

Both I and Claire were playing on Ladbrokes from lunchtime yesterday through to about 8pm when suddenly Ladbrokes froze on both machines. I contacted Ladbrokes who immediately asked if our service provider was Tiscali (they said it to us, they didn't ask who it was) When I said "Yes" they said that that is the problem. They have been getting calls for the last few weeks from players who have had exactly the same problem.

Initially I argued with the Ladbrokes peep as they always try and blame outages on the ISP or Spain's routers or whatever . . .

While on the phone to Ladbrokes I contacted 'Tiscali Help Desk' (one joke is three words there!) and they initially denied that they are blocking sites. After about five minutes of discussion (using that word lightly) they said it does happen and I need to contact the gaming company and find out which ports they use. As I've said, I had Ladbrokes on the phone through this conversation and they immediately gave me the ports ( 1969 to 2002 if anyone needs them) Tiscali said they would clear these ports over the next three to four days - not much good when you happen to be on a final table . . . .

They are obviously not doing this to everyone, I wonder if its because we were connected to Ladbrokes all day - but IT DOES HAPPEN - and of course it WILL happen at a cruical point !

While I couldn't get into Ladbrokes, I tried all the other poker companies that I have on my desktop (roughly 12) and couldn't connect to any of them, but all other non-gaming sites were ok.

If anyone had said this to me the day before yesterday I would say there is probably something wrong with their computer or connection, as an ISP wouldn't block certain traffic (unless requested to do so - ie family block etc) but it did happen, they admitted it to me (eventually) and hopefully they will be able to remove the block in the next few days.

This only happens at peak times - my connection to all sites this morning is perfect. At the end of the day, if you are using Tiscali, playing poker in the evenings, it might be worth giving them a call and making sure that the ports are left open - because you know what will happen - it won't be when you are raising 30p into a 30p pot !

A very strange policy, as the amount of bandwidth used by poker rooms is relatively low - especially compared to P2P sites or video streaming, etc.

Yes, in the grand scheme of things internet poker uses virtually no bandwidth. Tiscali are arseholes.

Maybe they watched the documentary on Channel 4 the other night, and now know that poker is evil?

:dontask:

Clearly you are lying.......


Unless you are talking about Claire.

Die Tiscali, Die!

James

When I wrote the above post I thought to myself "I wonder how long it will be until James posts a smart comment" - I even wrote down on a piece of paper what it would be, and I am sooo close....

You are SOOOOO predictable mate !!

We will be in Brighton tomorrow till Sunday - is my car parking space free ?

This will have a big impact on their numbers using the service. Why would they do it?    I hope BT don't think of anything like this , lol

Glad to hear you are down, yeah parking spot is all yours sir!

He always c bets the flop too. ;)

Tiscali are arseholes.  i use tiscali but the only time i cannot connect is during peak hours but only on ladbrokes, not sure the network, prima?, same with 333.  apparently its all gaming sites not just gambling/gaming sites.

Total fannys tiscali 'helpdesk' can't speak english and takes half hour to get through. 

only been with tiscali for 6 months but 12 month contract so cant cancel

yes you can as they have changed the contract with you by blocking your access to poker sites