Telegram not working as of 17 Aug

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quickymart

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#2955558 17-Aug-2022 13:11

Not working for me, Spark Fibre, Auckland.

allan

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#2955576 17-Aug-2022 13:45

Not a site I've been to previously, but not working for me either unless I run up a VPN. Spark fibre Wellington

PolicyGuy

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#2955590 17-Aug-2022 14:18

allan:

Not a site I've been to previously, but not working for me either ... Spark fibre Wellington

Ditto
Spark fibre, Whanganui (i.e. Tuatahi / UFF, not Chorus)

yura15cbx

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#2955592 17-Aug-2022 14:23

It doesn't work for me since this morning in Auckland on home spark Internet either, and on mobile skinny, it only works on mobile 2 degree

rugrat

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#2955603 17-Aug-2022 14:35

rscole86: Cannot reach telegram.org on Skinny mobile or Spark fibre.
The app appears to load some of the channels, but the official one wouldn't load any images until I went to a VPN connection.

+1 Skinny mobile. If I load tunnel bear VPN site loads fine.

Christchurch.

StNick

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#2955616 17-Aug-2022 15:08

Ugh, I tried to raise a ticket with Skinny by chatting to someone online. First, they tried to tell me that I should reinstall Telegram on my phone. Then they tried to tell me that Telegram is unfortunately not supported in New Zealand. And finally, they said that I need to contact Telegram support who can assist.

Brilliant.

Batwing

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#2955617 17-Aug-2022 15:14

Sir, why are you trying to send a telegram, this is the internet.
- skinny guy probably

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openmedia

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#2955623 17-Aug-2022 15:33

Anyone else reconsidering their use of Telegram after watching "Fire and the Fury"?

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2022/08/circuit/fire-and-fury-disinformation-in-new-zealand/

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

quickymart

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#2955625 17-Aug-2022 15:40

I had it installed on my phone, but after hearing it's mostly used by antivaxxers spreading their bs, I uninstalled it. Still have Signal installed though.

Batwing

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#2955633 17-Aug-2022 16:01

Lots of android stuff left XDA and went to telegram.

It's a good fallback to Facebook messenger when you want to share an image without compression

StNick

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#2955679 17-Aug-2022 18:31

I dare say, it would appear they've fixed it!

matisyahu

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#2956804 20-Aug-2022 02:04

The page web.telegram.org works for me (page loads and a QR code appears) but keeping in mind I'm on a Skinny Fibre connection but I use CloudFlare DNS so maybe that is what is making the difference.

"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

StNick

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#2956829 20-Aug-2022 09:47

Yeah the issue has been resolved and appears to have been isolated.

Thanks to everyone that chimed in with their own tests / results.

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