Is AOL blocking certain websites? Hotmail,facebook,myspace etc etc

Hi, i have recently moved into a house where i have been using the AOL wireless broadband provided by the landlord. All seemed ok at first, then i realised that it wasnt over friendly with torrents, but found that if i let them download over night they would be finished by the morning, as i see they throttle the line most of the time.

However, 4 days into using the isp's service, i came home from work today to find more than half the websites in my favourite's list have been blocked. General websites including, hotmail, facebook, myspace, bebo, dailymail and sun newspaper sites etc etc

Through general searching, i tried hidemyass.com to view the sites, which worked, but when i typed in my usernames and passwords it took me to a blank screen.

As far as i know i dont have a virus as i have ran nod32, malwarebytes etc etc

I am using vista, and i am totally stumped, and can only assume that AOL is behind this.

Please help.