Is Jio blocking Reddit?

Software and Dev Web, Apps & Cloud
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Not opening for me today. Did a traceroute and it goes to reddit servers but gets directed to some local 255.0.0.x & 192.168.x.x address and then nothing. It just times out. Looks like some dns server is dropping reddit packets coming back to the pc.

edit: probably cloudflare issue. I switched to Nextdns in FF privacy settings and it opened.

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Very possible they are. When I had Jio they would occasionally block Wikipedia and twitch.

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From all the ISPs I have used, Jio is the most censored one. At one point it even blocked raw.githubusercontent.com

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This is pretty bad. I can’t open Twitter, Reddit or the App Store, seems like a Jio problem.

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This reminds me of the time I tried to install extensions in Obsidian app but they wouldn’t load. After many hours of not finding the solution online, I debugged it myself and realized that Jio was blocking githubusercontent.com. That pissed me off good. I searched the reasoning for Jio blocking it online and apparently they did it because “terrorists were using it for communication.” Stupid fking corporation man.

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Would cloudflare DNS And warp help in such a situation?

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For windows:

For android:

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Working but very slow
Could be issue with cdns
ping to api.reddit.com is > 200ms (Jio Fiber)
with ACT Fiber it is 1ms

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this is so insane. so many things are lagging or outright not working

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Back in the days, Reliance Communications had blocked Microsoft and some antivirus sites for many years.

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yep was about say it! but it was not a cloudflare issue, i been facing similar issue, and for some reasons there were also connectivity issues from jio. the main issue is jio’s way of handling routes.

also,

  • sometimes try using different search engines, (for some reason last week most of the times duckduckgo wont work on jio but would work on airtel) had no issues with google on both
  • whats more absurd was on some browsers net worked fine and on others it didnt, updating firefox fixed it (for those who use it)
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Yes, one.one.one.one DNS is working.
But sadly Warp is banned by Indian Government.

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elaborate, bcuz warp still works smoothly just app cant be downloaded.

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Few days ago my app stopped working. It wasn’t opening just stuck at logo, so I uninstalled it.

I installed the Apk right now after your reply and now the app is working. Thanks.

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Reddit won’t load videos or images for me when I use jio fiber.
But works okay or sometimes good enough, if I use jio mobile data.
It used to be fine when I was using Airtel fiber.

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I can access Reddit using Jio mobile, Airtel mobile data, and Jio Fiber without any issues. When did they start blocking it?

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Same here on my Jio 5G but I use google DNS in both my phone and PC because while browsing in both steam dont open without google DNS.

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Working fine in Mumbai, no issues

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I can access it with Google DNS. It’s working without any issues