Sprint Severs Internet Connection to Cogent Communications

Kirsten

Sprint announced at 4:30pm yesterday that they are severing their internet connection to Cogent Communications. According to this press release, "it is no longer possible for many Sprint customers and Cogent customers to directly communicate across the Internet". In addition, for Sprint users attempting to connect to any websites or servers serviced by Cogent, this could prove to be a big problem.

At 3Gstore.com, we understand that this could come as a major inconvenience to some of our Sprint customers, so we wanted to suggest some FREE workarounds that we hope will help you.

If you are having trouble accessing specific websites, we would suggest using a proxy server. Using a proxy server is like using a translator to speak with someone who doesn’t understand your language. Instead of dealing directly with the server you want, you’ll be making a request somewhere else (the proxy) and then your connection will view web content that is forwarded to you. We created a PDF file on how to use a proxy server, so we encourage our customers (who purchased their Sprint Cards from us) to email support(at)3gstore.com to request a copy.

nickjacket · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

Clap...Clap...Clap

Bravo Sprint.
You saved a few thousand dollars by eroding service from within by way of the old selective DNS server trick.

I haven't been able to connect to various sites for nearly two weeks now and
Sprint is finally getting around to making an announcement - after the fact.
What next, I'll have to move to Europe to get decent goods and services because
the telecom ownership society in the USA has to make a buck first?

Atmega · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 123

I don't see how Sprint really thinks this is a solution to a problem. Cogent is one of the bigger internet backbone providers.

Here is a map if your interested http://www.cogentco.com/us/network_map.php

waynefoutz · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 309

Ok, anyone have any suggestions on what proxy server to use? I've found a list of free ones, but they either don't work, slow everything down to a crawl, or if they do work, suddenly my new home page is Chinese Yahoo.

Michael · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

If you cannot get to this web site, you are being blocked:

http://www.ipower.com

Solution, download Hotspot Shield from:

http://www.anchorfree.com

Which works on Macs and Windows.

Connect with Hotspot Shield and BOOM, you are now getting around being blocked. There are many other reasons to use Hotspot Shield (like being secure at a hotspot).

I have been using Hotspot Shield for months and it works great!
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waynefoutz · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 309

nickjacket · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

I got Mozilla Firefox 3 to stop displaying the banner by using the Adblock Plus add-on then telling it to Adblock Image (one by one) and any Adblock Frame that is at or near the banner area.
I had to close Firefox and reopen it for this to finally hold but Adblock Plus saved the day.

http://adblockplus.org/en/

Couldn't stop thinking about the various new users of Sprint EVDO who have had to make major commitments towards its use in order to operate a business with it.

Here's a link to information about iPowerweb:
http://blog.stopbadware.org/tag/ipowerweb

nickjacket · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject:

Funny thing happened just now. I'm able to access previously blocked sites without any proxy or anchorfree software.
I'm going to call the pumper back into the fire station.

waynefoutz · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 309

Michael · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

Yep, just confirmed, it is back to normal.
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