International Membership

[wm3798]

I've enjoyed several exchanges with a rising N scaler who lives in India via Facebook.  He's a young guy in a country that doesn't offer much in the way of model railroading.
He's got a million questions, ranging from the usual about track or coupler selections, to some really good inquiries about scratch building and kit bashing.
I've referred him here, but it appears he is unable to reach the Railwire from his ISP.
He backs his inquiries up with some really solid modeling pictures, so I can say with confidence that the guy has chops.
Is there any restrictions placed on visitors from certain parts of the globe? And if so, is there a work around to let him participate here?
If you need more particulars, please PM me.
Lee

[Chris333]

Probably the country he lives in blocks asshats 

[wm3798]

Probably the country he lives in blocks asshats 

And who can blame them!

[johnb]

I block many countries from my site through firewall rules....

[John]

I've enjoyed several exchanges with a rising N scaler who lives in India via Facebook.  He's a young guy in a country that doesn't offer much in the way of model railroading.
He's got a million questions, ranging from the usual about track or coupler selections, to some really good inquiries about scratch building and kit bashing.
I've referred him here, but it appears he is unable to reach the Railwire from his ISP.
He backs his inquiries up with some really solid modeling pictures, so I can say with confidence that the guy has chops.
Is there any restrictions placed on visitors from certain parts of the globe? And if so, is there a work around to let him participate here?
If you need more particulars, please PM me.
Lee

Maybe he is trying to sign up for our India subsidiary .. 

https://www.railwireinternet.com

[C855B]

Lee, your friend needs to find a VPN service that lands him with a US IP exit. Or UK, AUS or NZ. They exist, but any worth bothering with are not free.

From my trying to use anonymizer proxies from time to time I can attest that TRW, or our hosting company, blocks the "problem" IP ranges associated with Eastern Europe, Russia, and many if not most countries in Asia. There is, to my knowledge, no working around the .IN and related IP blocks. Lots of Internet evil lurks there, and if I were admin here, the lockouts would probably be worse as I tamped down the @$$#0!3$ who hammer so hard on my server or servers trying to break through.

[sirenwerks]

... I can attest that TRW, or our hosting company, blocks the "problem" IP ranges associated with Eastern Europe, Russia, and many if not most countries in Asia. .

I use NordVPN and regularly have problems the closer I place myself to the former USSR.  My bank never believes me anymore, that it's me, when I try to log on.  That being said, I heartily support an infusion of international modelers.

[peteski]

We have recent member, Pradeep Kulkarni who has been posting in the Prototype section.  The name appears to be Indian, but he might not actually be living in India (or have India-based IP address).

[sirenwerks]

The name appears to be Indian, but he might not actually be living in India (or have India-based IP address).

LOL, he could be here in western Portlandia.  With Intel and a number of other chip manufacturers, Hillsboro and Beaverton are lucky to have a sizable Indian community employed by these companies.

[Chris333]

Seriously some countries block all sorts of stuff on the internet.

[keeper]

Seriously some countries block all sorts of stuff on the internet.

True. Some US sites do this as well. Some of the news links posted here can not be opened from outside the US due to some legal reasons.
Whatever they are.

[johnb]

Seriously some countries block all sorts of stuff on the internet

India isn't one of them, too many devs live there, it would hurt their economy.