Difference between revisions of "Template:HughesNet"

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This [[IP address]],  <span class="sharedIP">'''{{PAGENAME}}'''</span>, is part of a pool of dynamically allocated addresses registered to '''HughesNet, an ISP owned by [[Hughes Communications]] Inc.''' and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant.
 
This [[IP address]],  <span class="sharedIP">'''{{PAGENAME}}'''</span>, is part of a pool of dynamically allocated addresses registered to '''HughesNet, an ISP owned by [[Hughes Communications]] Inc.''' and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant.
  
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this is not the IP address of your device. {{PAGENAME}} is the IP address of a [[proxy server]] that communicates between your browser and the [[Wikimedia]] servers. This and other proxies are shared among an large number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular device.
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If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this is not the IP address of your device. {{PAGENAME}} is the IP address of a [[proxy server]] that communicates between your browser and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] servers. This and other proxies are shared among an large number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular device.
  
 
To have your own [[Wikipedia:User pages|user pages]], keep track of articles you've edited in a [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]], and have access to [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|a few other special features]], please consider [[Special:Userlogin|registering an account]]! It's fast and free. (Note: Sometimes, due to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]], you may be [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?#Blocked?|temporarily unable to register]]).
 
To have your own [[Wikipedia:User pages|user pages]], keep track of articles you've edited in a [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]], and have access to [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|a few other special features]], please consider [[Special:Userlogin|registering an account]]! It's fast and free. (Note: Sometimes, due to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]], you may be [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?#Blocked?|temporarily unable to register]]).

Revision as of 21:30, 6 July 2017

This template is based on {{SingNet}} and therefore should be transcluded and not substituted. This template is needed because of problems with the HughesNet proxy network; the system being used is similiar to the way AOL assigned proxies in 2006. In one case, an indefinitely blocked school IP was reassigned to HughesNet and had to be unblocked.