Can't access the forums via a French hotel's wifi network

[skylee]

I am using the free wifi in a Best Western hotel in Lyon, France. And I got this message when I tried to access the Chinese forums -

"La politique de filtrage de votre firewall ne vous permet pas d'accéder à cette url."

Not sure why it uses "your firewall". I have no firewalls and even if I did I can access the forums via my mobile's 3G connection.

Any idea about what is wrong and how to fix it?

[gato]

FWF, Le Firewall Francais?

[roddy]

I'd guess some web-filtering service has over-zealously decided we are in some way adult, obscene or undesirable*. If there are any quick and easy 'report a problem' links I could take a look, but it's not something I could spend much time on.

*Sounds daft, I know, but if they spot a page about Chinese swearwords or something they might end up banning the whole site.

[edelweis]

That's probably the hotel's firewall.