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Saturday, October 18th, 2025

wifi/internet is blocking websites - URL, 403 forbidden

I came home from vacation to discover my internet is blocking certain URL's including my bank and Sling TV.  I have no idea why.  I can access the sites using a different IP address.  I have rebooted multiple times trying to get a new IP to no avail.  I cannot get through to a person on the residential line.  If I cannot get this resolved, I am going to leave Comcast after a couple of decades now.  Please advise. 

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3 hours ago

I believe 403 errors always come from the sites themselves, not your internet.  They indicate some kind of permissions mismatch.  

You say you can access using a different IP address but is that all you changed?  If you're are using a different device, then you also have different cookies, etc.  I mention that because I often make a 403 error go away by just clearing my cookies and site data for that site.

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