it might simply be a peering problem, something between your provider and HN.
Have you done a traceroute ?
Have you done a traceroute ?
I tried the telnet trick and it works by simply typing GET / HTTP/1.0
'G' doesn't do much normally, or did you mean that it disconnects you as soon as you type G ?
Is your DNS working properly ? This is the IP news.ycombinator.com should resolve to:
174.132.225.106
Yes.
>> Is your DNS working properly ?
Yes.
Thanks for all the replies. It was a peering problem in the end. I guess they didn't like the pink slip idea in the end. That or the thing broke other more important things for them.