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[niloc]

this is just a general  question,    is my   ISP   within  their rights to   prohibit me from  accessing a particular website ?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

niloc

Sorry, we would have no way of answering that question.

When you purchase service from an ISP, you enter into a contract, and the limitations that are imposed on you are generally spelled out in a very long and detailed Terms of Service (TOS), which no-one ever reads.

Even if what they are doing is not covered under the contract, your only realistic option is to terminate service with them -- as any legal battle with an ISP is going to be long and very expensive.

Since you are using Win10, my own suspicions (since I do NOT trust it), is that the site blocking is being done either in Edge (which is a really lousy excuse for a Browser) or in one of the hidden security options in Win10.

Sorry, but I don't use Edge (as a matter of principle) and I rarely use Win10 anymore.

My suggestion is to download and install Spybot Antio-beacon to disable the Win10 privacy stuff:  https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

That's what I use in Win10 to control the privacy settings.

Good Luck
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[niloc]

many thanks fortaking thevtime to answer,   I have   downloaded your link   cheers,   and I have since been told that   the web site in question has not been   available  to alot of my friends who had it  so  it must have  closed its website