BGfL blocks Advanced Firstline......Capita Plot?

[tli]

I'm not sure how many of you use the Advanced Firstline site (formerly Serco Firstline) with it's CMIS and Progresso knowledgebases and forums, but you can't access it now from a BGfL school- it's blocked by the Link2ICT filtering!

 

Could this be a Capita plot to disrupt the MIS competition?

[Domino]

Er, I'd say be careful banding things like that about.

 

It'd be safer to first assume it's a miscategorization - have you requested it be unblocked?

[Michael]

It comes back: Reputation: Unverified

 

Get Link2ICT to categorise it and then it'll be accessible. This normally takes 24 hours.

 

If Link2ICT were to deliberately block it (most unlikely), it would be considered anti-competitive, rather than illegal - but I highly doubt this is the case. When a website isn't categorised, it is blocked by default which is correct. It could be hosting anything without verification.

[tli]

Should I have added "tongue in cheek"!

 

The website has been accessible for a number of years. The problem only seems to have occurred this week.

[jamin100]

Yeh I reported this yesterday and it was available again this afternoon

[Bananas]

I took it as a joke as per the ops intent