"Pryor Taylor" wrote in message
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This all leads me to think that there is a routing problem with some
ISP's getting around the glitch.

Trace your path to news.bbc.co.uk (212.58.240.38) and see
how far you get. That will tell you where the routing issue might be.

For Windows, use "tracert" from the command/dos prompt.

tracert 212.58.240.38

The BBC website is loading just fine on my end in Hawaii.