O2 has blocked my website as an Anonymizer

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm an O2 customer and when I access my new website www.onethousandmoons.com it is blocked by O2. I have checked O2's website and it says it's being blocked because the website is an Anonymizer (whatever that means).

Can somebody at O2 please look into this. I first reported by phone and web in December 2014 and have heard NOTHING back yet.

Thanks, Simon.

[Beenherebefore]

Nothing to do with an anonymizer.

[Anonymous]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Nothing to do with an anonymizer.

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Sorry.  I got it wrong.  Again. 

[Anonymous]

Folks,

I can confirm that all that is on the website is what's been posted above....one image and a couple of lines of text. Nothing else, AND it's a new website so no reason for it to be blocked.

Can somebody at O2 please find out 'why' it shows as an Anomonizer, and ideally explain to us all 'what' that means.

Thanks, SimonMc.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Can somebody at O2 please find out 'why' it shows as an Anomonizer, and ideally explain to us all 'what' that means.

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It means the company that is hosting your website is running through an annoymous IP and is therefore "hiding" you from the rest of the world.

This kind of practice is often used by people with something to hide from and many isp's will block these sites.

[Beenherebefore]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Folks,

I can confirm that all that is on the website is what's been posted above....one image and a couple of lines of text. Nothing else, AND it's a new website so no reason for it to be blocked.

Can somebody at O2 please find out 'why' it shows as an Anomonizer, and ideally explain to us all 'what' that means.

Thanks, SimonMc.

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Can you also confirm that www.hostgator.com is hosting your website ?

I see that you have now implemented personal data privacy with Launchpad.com.....very sensible 

@MI5 is correct, you need to take this up with Hostgator.

[Toby]

Good explanation @MI5 

Let us know how you get on with this @Anonymous 

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I can confirm that hostgator ARE hosting the website. They are one of the big players and I can't imagine that every new website they host gets blocked like this. I have contacted them and this was their reply (about 6 weeks ago)...

Hello,

Thank you for contacting HostGator.

This would need to be handled by o2 mobile, as the site has been labeled by them as a proxy. We are unable to assist, besides running a scan of your site which we did complete and found no issues.

Please let us know if you have any questions we will gladly assist.

Best regards,

Matthew D.
Linux Administrator
HostGator.com LLC
http://support.hostgator.com

Let's see where we get this this!

Simon.