Strange problem accessing Virgin.net servers

From: Chris Gordon-Smith (use.address_at_my.homepage)
Date: 04/15/05 

Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:43:03 +0100

Can anyone suggest what might be causing this very strange problem.

I have a SuSE 9.2 desktop PC that I connect to the Internet using an ADSL
modem / router. Currently my Internet access is all working fine, except
that I am not able to access the website www.virgin.net, and I am also
unable to access my Virgin pop account on their server pop.virgin.net.

I am also unable to ping either of these addresses, although ping is able to
resolve the corresponding TCP/IP addresses.

My broadband connection is from another ISP (not Virgin). I have spoken to
Virgin's technical people. They say that all their servers are currently
working fine, and my brother in law also says that his Virgin email account
is working fine.

How is this possible? I can ping Google or the BBC website and access any
other site I can think of, except Virgin.

Can anyone explain? 

-- 
Chris Gordon-Smith
London
http://graffiti.virgin.net/c.gordon-smith/

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