Connection Issue from South KoreaFollow

Man, this is gay. I got the same response from Joseph C.

Edited, Sep 2nd 2008 7:08pm by Demera

i jsut double checked the playonline website, and apparently there were accounts banned on the 26 last week, and i was thinking maybe that alot of south korea was caught in that..

Looks to me like he was reading from a script.

I'm planning to talk to SE again. They need to acknowledge that players in Korea are having a hard time logging in.

Well KT is perma-wired into my apartment right now (fiber), so switching isn't an option. What are the ISP's confirmed to work with FFXI, possibly I could get a second connection (cable / DSL) and use that one for FFXI only (would suck having to pay more money for this game....).

I am trying to connect also for a week from a little further south of seoul and I cannot log in either and POL is saying its my isp but I called tech support and they fixed the ports for me and I am still getting the same problem.

I have LG and I am having the same problem. The tech came out and opened the ports and its still not working. I have no idea what to do. I am calling them out again to make sure the ports are open as well as calling POL.

From what I can tell the registration / update servers are basically not allowing connections from IP address from KT / LG. Demera your not alone, I've been badgering them like mad also, usually I get the "its not our problem" lines but sometimes I get someone who's helpful. I'm of the sneaking suspicion that one of their network guys changed the security on those servers without documenting it or letting others know about it. Probably thought he was doing something good as it would cut down on the number hack attempts against their servers....

As for DSL/Cable out here, when I said Fiber I mean literally the entire apartment is pre-wired with Cat-5 drops in every room with a Fiber line being the "out bound" connection. You just drop in your own router in the closet and instant home network. Getting a DSL / Cable connection shouldn't be hard because its also wired with phone / cable lines in every room.

So which ISP's work right now, I'm not going to "change" my internet, just purchase another service specifically for FFXI (I can later cancel). May sound retarded but I can't wait the month or more it might take SE to figure this out (if they ever do).

JACKPOT!!!

Well guys I got some good news and some bad news.

First the good news, its not SE blocking KT / LG. What actually happened is KT Megapass and LG Powercomm have been slapped with a one month injunction of all business activities. Effective 1 SEP 08 (meaning have to close business 28 AUG 08) they can't do any business for 30 Days (KT) and 25 Days (LG). Turns out they were sharing their customers database with other companies to sell you ads and whatnot. They gave away a lot of their customer information to cellphone companies and various others. Now for us weigooks they prolly just chucked it as its hard to sell us crap (but not always).

Now the bad news,
Since their basically prevented from doing crap for one month, this issue will NOT get fixed anytime soon. Looks like the routers / backbone stuff was left on, but DNS and a few other services were turned off. I'm looking into seeing if I can use a 3rd party DNS service, or some other method of getting my connection working.

Ooooh!

I use to live in Korea...lived in a small town called Uijongbu.

So are you saying after 30 days we should be able to play FFXI? Also, where did you find this information because I've been bugging both companies and no one would help, lol.

EDIT: I just tried other DNSes and they don't work, so it can't be a DNS problem. Perhaps its another problem?

Also, why mention shady Korean practices? Can just say shady business practices, because Verizon tried to sell the phone numbers on their customer's phones as well.

Edited, Sep 4th 2008 9:00pm by Demera

I had my Korean GF lookup news on Daum about KT. She translated it to me from the webpage. They got slapped with a 400,000,000 won fine, which honestly for these guys is nothing, but their gonna loose more money on the 30 day halt due to people changing over. As for why FFXI won't work, I'm at an impass its not DNS, I'm thinking something with their firewall / Proxy system. Internet has been DOG slow lately (since Monday).

Also on the note of Shady Korean Business, that's just how its done out here. Just look at the construction companies to get a good idea. Or how poor wiring / insulation caused the Daegu Subway to burn awhile back, killing hundreds.

Ouch, I feel ya for hogwans, they suck. Unless your extremely lucky, your stuck with a nutjob director who's constantly trying to jip you on pay and whatnot. And when its time to fly home (if you decide to leave) they try to get out of paying for your ticket.