I think this is likely a temporary issue, and I suspect that the security of the BSNL servers may have been compromised.  Yann is of the same opinion.  If the issue persists for a longer-term, then we can pursue it with the ISP. anirudh On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Yannf posted this on IRC (#wikimedia-in) when I was away, > > ====== > in my new DSL connection with BSNL, *.wikipedia.org is blocked > any idea? > I get a page of advertising about web hosting > http://commons.wikimedia.org works > ====== > > My guess is BSNL DNS is playing some game here (IIRC they have local DNS > for each telecom circle). As for the geekish users, they would know to use > opendns, ways to access *.wikipedia.org etc. But this needs to be looked at > seriously. This is not the first time am hearing something like this on BSNL > DNS. If we identify the problem, can the chapter / programs do necessary > running around for the issue and ensure this doesn't exist? > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L