[outages] AT&T Apparently Blocking ooVoo -- WAS: Re: ooVoo WebSite Outage?

[Oliver Garraux]

The phrase "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately
explained by stupidity" might be good to remember when dealing with
ATT.  Not saying that they never having any of the former, but
organizationally they seem to have a lot of the latter.  (Not a slam
at everyone at ATT, I know plenty of good people there; their
organization structure can be frustrating to no end to deal with
though).

Oliver


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net> wrote:
> On 11/15/12 3:06 PM, Mike Lyon wrote:
>> Why on earth would they block it?
>
> One possibility is that ooVoo peers with AT&T, was being DoSed, and
> triggered RTBH but that doesn't seem likely as traces to adjacent IPs
> don't show a direct connection.
>
> Alternatively, this may have something to do with it, but it seems like
> an awfully big hammer, and applied in the wrong place....
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/services/data/att-no-iphone-facetime-without-paying-ex/240006093
>
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