Thread by @ManiDhillon

Few days ago I helped @internetfreedom get proofs that @BSNLCorporate is injecting ad/malware scripts into non-https websites visited over BSNL network.
After the report, Internet Freedom Foundation posted an update:

https://twitter.com/internetfreedom/status/1171651882617622528

24 hours after this report I am 1/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate unable to access my VPS on @linode through BSNL. No ssh, no icmp requestes getting through, no pages loading in any web browser. This is the same vps I used to expose BSNL's shady practices.
So obviously I thought something is wrong with my setup, I created another instance 2/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode (new VPS) on Linode. Surprise! I can't even access the new one. The same sites/vps/IPs are working perfectly over Jio and Airtel.
I asked the great folks over at Linode to help me diagnose the issue and they assigned me a new IP for testing. With further tests from BSNL to 3/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode Linode and Linode to BSNL, it appears that BSNL has blocked the whole IP range of 172.105.*.* (Mumbai Data Center of Linode) and here I thought how much more worse can it get.
I am confused that whoever is BSNL's intelligent sysadmin that implemented this brilliant idea of 4/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode blocking a whole IP subnet. I mean creating a new VPS takes about 5 minutes with backup and installm scripts, how many IP subnets can BSNL block?
And this is the same company which doesn't even know what routing and latency mean, 5/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode they just know "speed sahi hai na? Bas matlab sab theek hai.".
Is there any point in tagging @DoT_India or @TRAI in this?
If this is the stance of @BSNLCorporate in wake @reliancejio Fiber service and other private competiters offering better services then I wish them 6/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode @DoT_India @TRAI @reliancejio best of luck. No wonder they are in loss, year after year.
One more reason to ditch BSNL and join @reliancejio Fiber as soon as it is deployed in my area. 7/n

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode @DoT_India @TRAI @reliancejio CC @fs0c131y @nixxin

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode @DoT_India @TRAI @reliancejio @fs0c131y @nixxin MTR from Linode to my BSNL IP.

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode @DoT_India @TRAI @reliancejio @fs0c131y @nixxin UPDATE: Today at 15:50 IST BSNL silently unblocked the IPs. As of now I am able to access my VPS.
Thanks @IFF @linode and everyone who retweeted and supported.

@internetfreedom @BSNLCorporate @linode @DoT_India @TRAI @reliancejio @fs0c131y @nixxin @IFF UPDATE #2: I think @BSNLCorporate is trolling me. The same IP range is blocked again as of Sunday 06:30.
This is hopeless. Time to create new vps instances on another IP range ;)