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Positron

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Posted: 12:21am 13 Feb 2026
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I'm repeatedly having trouble accesing https://geoffg.net/, I get connection timeouts. Is there an alternative site where I can download PicoMite executables and documentation ?
Thanks and regards,
Positron (user of the original Microchip PIC MMBASIC versions !)
 
KeepIS

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Posted: 12:34am 13 Feb 2026
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Worked instantly for me in AU, so site itself is not the problem.

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure someone can help out if you need to get the files another way.
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Edited 2026-02-13 10:41 by KeepIS
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phil99

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Posted: 01:05am 13 Feb 2026
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Adding the "www" also works here. https://www.geoffg.net/
Tried to upload the .ZIP to here but it is too big.
If you know which particular .uf2 files and documents you want I can try to do them individually.
 
Gizmo

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Posted: 03:15am 13 Feb 2026
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This would more likely be a local internet issue. The internet as a whole is being a bit clunky lately.
Definitely do phil99's suggestion, use the full www. Some DNS's servers are not set up well and dropping the www can go nowhere.

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Bleep
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I've been getting this for a while now on my home broad band, which is actually  a mobile connection, I think it is the mobile provider blocking it for some random reason. If I use my phone tethered, different mobile network it connects fine. So try connecting using a different route.
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Positron

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Posted: 11:51pm 13 Feb 2026
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  Bleep said  I've been getting this for a while now on my home broad band, which is actually  a mobile connection, I think it is the mobile provider blocking it for some random reason. If I use my phone tethered, different mobile network it connects fine. So try connecting using a different route.
Regards Kevin


Still unable to access the site on my broadband connection, but fortunately using my cellphone it worked :)) It also worked using my broadband through a public proxy server (like proxysite.com)

What a wonderfull community, thank you all for your help !. I'm eager to try this fantastic implementation on the Pico.
Edited 2026-02-14 09:59 by Positron
 
LeoNicolas

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Posted: 12:39pm 14 Feb 2026
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Have you tried to run a traceroutre?
Years ago I had a similar problem accessing Apple's website from the network of a company I was working for.
We found the problem was caused by a bad route inside the network provider network
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 02:50pm 14 Feb 2026
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I've been watching this thread and testing occasionally. I've had no problems at all.
https://geoffg.net/ works for me every time. I only need to enter "geoffg.net" into the browser.

Are you getting an error message like 404 or anything, Positron? I'm wondering if it's a local DNS lookup problem with your ISP or possibly a boundary cache server playing up. It might be worth contacting your ISP anyway.
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homa

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No problem from Germany either.
 
Grogster

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Works instantly from New Zealand.  No error.

I agree with Mick.  Sounds like it MIGHT be a local DNS issue, in that your local ISP is blocking this website for reasons best known to themselves.  Perhaps it was reported by someone or a bot or something, as a security risk or some other such rubbish.  ISP's can make false-positives, and Geoff's site might be a victim of that by your ISP.

The fact it works for you with a proxy server or on your cellphone, suggests it is something you need to ask your ISP about, as it looks like them specifically, who are blocking that site, and they may not even be aware that they are - bots do stuff like this in the background sometimes, and until someone questions the ISP staff, they don't even know the site is being blocked!  
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LeoNicolas

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Posted: 04:52am 15 Feb 2026
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Have you tried to use another DNS server?
Cloudflare provides a free one

https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/ip-addresses/
 
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