05-07-2021 16:42 - edited 05-07-2021 16:53
Virgin Media are clearly setting adult filters and blocking sites, without the customer's authority. I know this because, two days ago, I lost all access to Playstation services, across all devices, but ONLY on my home network. After some research, I saw that others had similar issues and it was suggested that there may be child filters enabled on certain sites.
To test this theory, I tried to access other sites of an adult nature and sure enough, I can't access them either. I went onto Websafe, no filters were active and no sites were listed in the "Blocked" list. I added Playstation Store to the "Allowed" list, switched on the filter and it still won't allow me access. Therefore, I can only conclude that VM are doing this of their own accord. I have reported the issue and am currently waiting on someone from IT contacting me.
A Playstation Plus subscription is not inexpensive and this loss of access is infuriating. It would be good if they would stop making people's decisions for them. Not good customer service, VM.
[Update] After switching off the child filter again, I can now access "adult sites", but still can't access Playstation services. Weird!!!
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on 05-07-2021 17:35
on 05-07-2021 17:42
@supercelts7 wrote:
If PSN wanted to block me, surely they'd block my account and not my IP? I'm a clean player and mostly play golf, so hardly a high risk. I wouldn't know where to start with modding, so I have no idea why they'd block my IP.
It all depends why the IP address is being blocked. However it's far more likely your IP is being blocked by them than it is that VM are stopping you from reaching PSN
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on 05-07-2021 18:26
on 05-07-2021 18:27
@supercelts7 wrote:
I just tried the ethernet connection direct from PS4 to router and the connection still fails on PSN. I have full internet access, other than PSN, although I can connect to PSN on my mobile network, so it's not a PSN account issue.
Was that with the Hub in modem mode though?
https://www.virginmedia.com/help/virgin-media-hub-modem-mode
If not, then your i.p. address would still be the same and so the result would be the same - flipping to modem mode assigns another ip address
on 05-07-2021 18:28
on 05-07-2021 19:21
If you've tried changing the DNS and gotten the same result then you can rule out Virgin Media's Websafe/Virussafe as being to blame. For these to work you MUST be using Virgin Media's DNS servers.
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on 05-07-2021 19:44
I've just run the PSN bot on my mobile and it suggests there's an IP conflict.
on 05-07-2021 19:57
Are you able to post the actual wording?
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on 05-07-2021 21:48
I would need to run it again. This is the error code I'm getting...
on 06-07-2021 08:17
And just like magic, the matter has resolved itself and I have full access again!!!!
Anyone??