KEMS don’t like me?

A blog reader just emailed me saying that my blog is blocked by KEMS. Can anyone confirm that?

Update: It seems this isn’t true, my site isn’t blocked with KEMS. Must be a fluke?

Update2: The error message the blog reader is getting is

This site is blocked according to the goverment filtering policy. If you feel this page has been blocked in errors kindly fill out the form and we will investigate thank you.

Very strange, is this because I said the bollards were ugly?

Update3: My site is now no longer blocked on KEMS.


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35 comments, add your own...


  1. Nasser says:

    Whaaaaat….

  2. tazman.... says:

    no its not…i am on kems and i am here…..

  3. ninesixfive says:

    wtf … its blocked … i asked my frnd to try it … was shocked when he told me it is :S

  4. ninesixfive says:

    ok i asked another frnd and he told me its blocked too

  5. mohammad says:

    yes mark .. its true … i’m a kems user and its blocked

    today morning every thing was ok …. but now its Blocked …

    blocked blocked blocked …

    i email them .. and waiting for a respawned from them about why they are blocking ur website !!

    i’m using a proxy website so i can keep reading ur blog ;)

  6. aao says:

    yeah me 2..i got kems and they blocked ur website. im typing this msg through my iphone

  7. name says:

    It’s blocked. :( I’m using a proxy now. =\

  8. R says:

    yeah its blocked :S im using a proxy as well.. what’d u do mark?

  9. The Kuwaiti Godfather says:

    I am getting messages that KEMS has blocked this site. I am dissapointed to hear this and I will get to the bottom of this.

  10. hilaliya says:

    I have Fastelco and I can see this blog.

    Maybe that’s an omen to switch to Fast Mark.

  11. Mark – check this out.. I don’t know if this is the same reader, but a reader says that your blog is blocked too..

    http://www.buzberry.com/?p=9054#comments

  12. Akbar says:

    Mark, your blog works on KEMS and loads just fine. Maybe the filter blocked a particular post, I do see some visitors using mild to heavy profanity while commenting on here. So, did Qualitynet fix your connection yet? =) or you changed the DNS? Funny when you say your site loads slowly on your Mac. cause other Kuwait blog sites are much slower than yours, including the saving of comments feature. Hope your internet issues get resolved.

  13. mohammad says:

    guys there are something wrong …..

    http://www.flickr.com … is also blocked on KEMS ??!!

    LOL .. must be something wrong LOL

  14. suspic says:

    Quick, post about how much you like Kuwait! =O

  15. Ghostface says:

    Yes, it was Blocked thru KEMS last nite around 11pm. I tried several times and got the blocked message.

  16. Aurous says:

    I use KEMS and to this moment it IS blocked!!

  17. Ismail says:

    Yup, its blocked… I’m only posting this because I have VIVA as my alternate internet.

  18. Ramez says:

    BLOCKED OR NOT ???
    a coomment saying blocked, and the next one is not.

  19. aaa says:

    another one bites the dust.

  20. RoNiN says:

    Hey Mark,
    seems like Kems have blocked you. since yesterday night i can not access it.

  21. anon says:

    Mark,

    1. Please check the ratings of any of your website contents.
    2. Sometimes, it could be because of the Anti Virus Scanner at the KEMS site.
    3. Also depends on the user’s browser settings;

    There is nothing that you have said offending. In fact, apart from your adverts, I find most of your stuff very useful.

    Not to worry mate.

  22. Mark says:

    Its a temporary problem with KEMS and its not just my blog but other websites are showing up blocked like Flickr. Should be resolved soon.

  23. Danish Dawood says:

    Yes its true and i have faced it myself this morning… infact i wanted to check whether i was the lucky guy for the second giveaway and i couldn’t get on to the site. Its blocked.

  24. Maxson says:

    Hey Mark, I am on Kems, and I check out your blog every single day without a problem. Kems loves you, and so do we…

  25. Aurous says:

    your blog isn’t blocked any more, but flickr still is..

  26. Ansam says:

    I can confirm!! I tried it from home (I have Zajil – KEMS) and it was blocked! Now I am at work and its not blocked!

  27. its not blocked anymore.

  28. Jijo says:

    it is not blocked by KEMS , I am using Kems at both office and home …

  29. fahad says:

    i use kems n have been using ur site since 2 years now and no it has never been blocked by kems.

  30. Yousef says:

    See mark i told you it was true

  31. mohammad says:

    i can confirm now .. that 248am and flickr are NO longer Blocked by kems ;)

    i told u it was a mistake ;)

  32. Noor says:

    yes it was blocked last night

  33. Gcc run says:

    KEMS is down
    I had it with them
    I need a new ISP
    Can come help me

  34. K says:

    Well this is a one off thing. Various famous sites were blocked yesterday at around the same time. I could read the feeds through Greader so there was no issue. Interestingly google and it’s apps were not blocked. Imdb/248/flickr etc were blocked.. So I guess it was some temporary outage. But it’s resolved today and all is fair again in Kems land.


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