<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; }p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><font face="Arial" size="2">So I was thinking about registering to get a RIPE ATLAS probe, and went to do some further reading while mobile, connected over EVDO. Page wouldn't load, waitasec, DNS failure? Really? Yup:</font><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">> ripe.net</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Server: nsvip.akronohar05.spcsdns.net</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Address: 66.1.33.7</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">*** nsvip.akronohar05.spcsdns.net can't find ripe.net: Query refused</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Okay, obvious workaround, try 4.2.2.1 or 8.8.8.8 for a minute, but nope, it looks like Sprint's intercepting those. Same failure. But when I fire up my VPN and bring my traffic out another provider, I can resolve it:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">> ripe.net 8.8.8.8</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Server: [8.8.8.8]</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Address: 8.8.8.8</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Non-authoritative answer:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Name: ripe.net</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Addresses: 2001:67c:2e8:22::c100:68b</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 193.0.6.139</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Curiously, this is the only name I've found myself unable to resolve while on Sprint. It seems a quizzical omission, to say the least.</font></div></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">-Nate B-</font></div></body></html>