I had the same problem. I’m using PIA.
I’m using PIA also. Sounds like a PIA problem then. Thanks for the reply.
Same here. I, too, use Private Internet Access. I chose this one over a previously used VPN, because PIA does not "leak" URL requests to my ISP. The data encryption is complete between my computer and PIA's nodes.
However, I have been unable to load a page from Free Republic for about a week now. Knowing that FR has been the object of DOS attacks for a while now, I just assumed that there was another attack - a particularly successful one! But, I saw no notice about this at FR's Facebook interface, nor the one at Yahoo Groups.
So, I began to suspect that the problem was peculiar to my own computer or something. First thing I decided to try is to disable the VPN. Bingo!
Why would using a VPN result in no page from FR loading? I haven't a clue. I'm way too non-techie to even hazard a guess. But, I'm going to follow this thread in case some other FR tech-pro can shed light on this problem.
Me too. Started happening after the last DOS attack. I wonder if Jim Rob decided to just disallow PIA addresses. Most annoying.