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Getting a 503 error for the entire site...

Just went to find the page of internet archive:

    web.archive.org has been blocked by Sky Broadband Shield, which lets you choose the websites that can be seen in your home.

I hate ISPs. If someone could update the link, that would be grand!

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Link works fine for me now. In case it stops working again, here's a snapshot hosted at another archival site: http://archive.is/cRT4A

Perhaps this might do the trick?

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gmd3HGA...

Change your DNS servers?

503 is "Service unavailable" where the service is related to the web server, not DNS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#5xx_...

Yes, but this is probably served by the ISP's servers, into which traffic was redirected by the ISP's dishonest DNS.

This is much easier to implement than fully intercepting every HTTP connection, and this is what most ISPs go with.

Would that work? Sky Broadband Shield is a service which blocks adult content (and for some bizarre reason archive.org?) Would changing your DNS server make a difference? Your ISP should still be aware of what IP the content is coming from.

They actually override all DNS lookups if I remember rightly. It's not my connection, so I can't change that fact - I just think it's a naughty thing to do.

But it's a bit off topic!

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