I suddenly can't connect to file sharing websites.

[#1]

Can you throw any light on this for me? There are 2 sites I use regularly for files - RapidShare.com and MediaFire.com. However, while yesterday was fine, today I cannot connect to either. I know they're both working as others are able to do so at this moment. It makes no sense. Can anyone help?
In addition: After a little testing, I can connect to other file sharing sites without a problem, as I'd expect to. It just appears to be these two. They are definitely NOT down. Surely PN wouldn't block access?

[#2]

Hi there,
Sorry about the hassle, this is a problem that we're aware of and is currently with our networks team. They'll be rolling out a fix tomorrow for this, in the mean time apologies for the hassle.
Hope that helps,

[#3]

Thanks for getting back to me orbrey. Just wondering what kind of problem can affect access to just a few websites out of the billions that are on line?

[#4]

I'm not sure unfortunately, there's no specific notes on the problem as yet. It does seem that it's gateway related though, check which one you're on (http://usertools.plus.net/@gateway) and then reboot the connection until you get a different one and that should help. There's some notes on this issue on this thread too.
Hope that helps,

[#5]

mod:note
To keep discussion in one please can I ask we use the thread highlighted by Matt in his post above.
I have not merged the two threads, as the resulting thread can look messy.
Jonathan
aka Chilly