Does Verizon block certain websites?
I am unable to connect to the website of Apple Daily, a main daily newspaper of Taiwan. The website is www.appledaily.com.tw
I thought the issue might be due to the DNS ASsistance, so I tried to opt out of the DNS Assistance, following the instruction found in
http://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/fiosinternet/troubleshooting/network/questionsone/99147.htm
but I still cannot access www.appledaily.com.tw
Normally, if I trace a domain in Taiwan, something similar to the following is what I should get:
C:\>tracert www.ntu.edu.tw
在上限 30 個躍點上
追蹤 www.ntu.edu.tw [140.112.8.116] 的路由:
1 5 ms 5 ms 3 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 188 ms 10 ms 16 ms 173.79.253.1
3 13 ms 13 ms 12 ms G0-10-4-4.WASHDC-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
146.130]
4 13 ms 23 ms 17 ms so-12-1-0-0.RES-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
151.230]
5 79 ms 74 ms 75 ms 0.ae2.XT1.SCL2.ALTER.NET [140.222.225.167]
6 91 ms 75 ms 76 ms 0.so-7-0-0.XL1.PAO1.ALTER.NET [152.63.54.133]
7 77 ms 79 ms 77 ms POS6-0.GW6.PAO1.ALTER.NET [152.63.55.9]
8 80 ms 93 ms 76 ms twgate-gw.customer.alter.net [63.65.131.174]
9 310 ms 223 ms 223 ms 5-60-41-175.TWGATE-IP.twgate.net [175.41.60.5]
10 241 ms 227 ms 227 ms 182-61-41-175.TWGATE-IP.twgate.net [175.41.61.18
2]
11 231 ms 228 ms 229 ms 134-226-160-203.TWGATE-IP.twgate.net [203.160.22
6.134]
12 * 217 ms 217 ms 140.112.0.201
13 231 ms * 230 ms 140.112.0.185
14 231 ms 229 ms 229 ms 140.112.0.209
15 215 ms 217 ms 217 ms www.ntu.edu.tw [140.112.8.116]
追蹤完成。
In this case, we can see that it traces all the way to Taiwan and eventually reaches the domain.
However, when I use tracert to trace www.appledaily.com.tw, the following is what I get:
C:\>tracert www.appledaily.com.tw
在上限 30 個躍點上
追蹤 www.appledaily.com.tw [199.101.28.20] 的路由:
1 5 ms 3 ms 3 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 13 ms 13 ms 11 ms 173.79.253.1
3 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms G0-10-4-4.WASHDC-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
146.130]
4 21 ms 91 ms 14 ms so-12-1-0-0.RES-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
151.230]
5 33 ms 18 ms 15 ms 0.xe-3-1-0.BR1.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.37.61]
6 17 ms 16 ms 63 ms te2-3.ar6.DCA3.gblx.net [64.215.195.113]
7 31 ms 19 ms 22 ms po2-20G.ar3.DCA3.gblx.net [67.16.133.89]
8 15 ms 15 ms 13 ms NOMINUM.Gi9-7.ar3.DCA3.gblx.net [64.212.109.90]
9 46 ms 45 ms 44 ms search.dnsassist.verizon.net [199.101.28.20]
追蹤完成。
Apparently, Verizon didn't trace to Taiwan and couldn't find the ip address of www.appledaily.com.tw. No wonder I can't access that website.
I am pretty sure that the website is on because all my friends, no matter whether they are in Taiwan, in the US or other countries can access it, so I think the problem comes from my internet. How should I fix this issue?
Thank you very much for your help!