My problem arose when downloading data from EuroSTAT using the R package eurostat:
# Population data by NUTS3
pop_data <- subset(eurostat::get_eurostat("demo_r_pjangrp3", time_format = "num"),
(age == "TOTAL") & (sex == "T") &
(nchar(trimws(geo)) == 5))[, c("time","geo","values")]
#Fejl i eurostat::get_eurostat("demo_r_pjangrp3", time_format = "num") :
# You have no internet connection, please reconnect!
Seaching, I have found out that it is the statement (in the eurostat-package code):
if (curl::has_internet() {stop("You have no inernet connection, please connnect") that cause the problem.
However, I have interconnection and can e.g. ping www.eurostat.eu
I have tried curl::has_internet() on different computers, all with internet connection. On some it work (respond TRUE) on others it don't.
I have talked with our IT department, and we tried if it could be a firewall problem. Removing the firewall, did not solve the problem.
Unfortunately, I am ignorant on network-settings. Hence, when trying to read the documentation for the curl-package I am lost.
Downloading data from EuroSTAT using the command above have worked for the last at least 2 years, and for me the problem arose at the start of 2020 (January 7).
Hope someone can help with this, as downloading population data from EuroSTAT is a mandatory part in more of my/our regular work.