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Internet Movie Database website down?
Gripper Stebson
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Didn't know really the most appropriate sub-forum to put this in. But I've noticed the Internet Movie Database website has been down for at least the past 24 hours, which is unusual for a major website like that. Anyone know why it's down and when it will be back online?
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And me. It was fine when I was on that site 2 hours ago.
I'm on O2's network and it's not connecting at all for me. If Sky is blocking it on their network, why? What possible reason could there be for Sky to block IMDB?
Who knows!!!! Not happy.
Just tried it on my phone, connected to the Sky BB wi-fi, and it's down as well, with a message from AVG on my phone that it contains malicious content.
You could always check by visiting down-or-just-me sites like this one: http://www.isup.me
Seems to confirm a problem, but no answers.
I'm O2 (sky) as well and can't get IMDB on mobile or broadband.
It looks like only certain networks might be affected then. Strange. Still down for me at the minute.
Edit: Going to try something.... Aha! O2's DNS must be playing up or something because I've changed the DNS server and I've been able to connect to it. The website even fully loaded. So, it's O2's DNS that's at fault. Don't know about Sky though, obviously.
Can you give me a hint on how to fix it please, life without imdb is painful!
On O2 broadband and using Firefox and IE.
Actually it seems to be a problem with IMDB themselves - https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/server_not_found-y7k70 It looks like it's happening all over the world not just in the UK and IMDB are apparently aware of it. If you type in the site's IP address (207.171.162.180) you'll be able to get access to the site.
Edited to say that the non-subscription site is working for me too.