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

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Thu Nov 15 18:52:24 EST 2012


On 11/15/12 3:26 PM, Jay Hennigan 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
> 


AT&T doesn't support RTBH, either.

~Seth



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