It's not a DNS block, they're null routing the farms subnet. So the retard explanation for
@NyQuilninja would be more like if I ran a private roadway that purported to take you to Atlanta and you drove onto that roadway only to find that it abruptly ends and you've now driven off the edge of a cliff. Not because I couldn't build the roadway or find you a route to Atlanta, but because I think it's a shithole and nobody should go there.
The ISP has designated the farms as a shithole nobody should go to.
@Null yeah I know the forums are totally legal, should be accessible, dindu nuffin, etc. but have you considered bringing up some of your alternative domains with the assistance of the providers that passed the trial by fire and using them to proxy the site for bypassing lousy ISPs?