Strange Forum 403 error access issue

[Neo]

Hi, when I try to access the PCS forums via my home network I always see a 403 error (attached below). What could be causing this? I am on bt internet with a (problematic) Homehub 6. This happens with any device I try to use.

However, going through a web proxy or switching to 4G resolves this issue. What would be blocking my access to this forum? Note that it is only this forum I have any problems with.

 

[Neo]

No ideas? I guess I am getting used to using a web-proxy now anyway

 

[ubuysa]

I think the lack of responses tends to suggest that this issue is unique to you, I've never heard of people having issues like this before.

 

[Neo]

Well I'm no longer with BT anymore - now with Sky - and as if by magic the PCS forums work again without the need for a webproxy. Weird!

 

[Deleted member 88683]

BT blocks SOME users from accessing the forums for some reason, this has been on-going for many years, they literally just block access and the only way around it is to use a VPN or a different network. There have been many attempts to try and prevent them from blocking it but it never seems to make a difference.

 

[SpyderTracks]

BT blocks SOME users from accessing the forums for some reason, this has been on-going for many years, they literally just block access and the only way around it is to use a VPN or a different network. There have been many attempts to try and prevent them from blocking it but it never seems to make a difference.

If you just change to an alternate DNS you will get access, it’s the BT DNS that blocks access.

 

[Oussebon]

This is a bit of a perennial

 

[Neo]

If you just change to an alternate DNS you will get access, it’s the BT DNS that blocks access.

Really? I had changed the HH6 router settings to Google's DNS servers and still encountered the same issue...