The default (Airbitz mainnet) server has been offline for some time. The last time I checked their testnet server was up. You can direct bx to that server by switching config to testnet.

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> On Oct 15, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Neill Miller <neillm@???> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Just to clarify, you did a testnet build of bx and can connect to it,
> or you would like to connect to testnet but cannot currently? How did
> you build bx?
>
> In the "[server]" section of bx.cfg, what is the url set to?
>
> -Neill.
>
>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:22:05PM +0200, bug456@??? wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am using bx tools to learn something about bitcoin. As of today, I cannot connect to any server. Message is: Connection timed out. I have tried changing the server name and changing the time limits in the configuration file. I can connect to testnet.
>>
>> Any ideas are appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> UH.
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