File Quit
Mac Geek
Premium
join:2002-11-28
| It's sad... You would think they would keep a close eye after that major outage last week. Oh well, we have backup DNS servers 
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secerbegovic
Premium
join:2002-01-01
Jacksonville, FL | Re: It's sad... i could not surf at all, but managed to keep my connection to www.di.fm without a problem. Comcast started to have issues like they used to, wonder how many more will happen  | |
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ftodd
join:2001-04-11
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: It's sad... I switched to Vonage and haven't had any issues whatsoever. I highly recommend to anyone! | |
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linuxkiddy
@172.21.x.x |  Re: It's sad...
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ATT Guy2
join:2002-07-09
Aurora, IL | All I have to say is Thank You for the alternate DNS server...I just plugged them in and back on the net. | |
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File Quit
Mac Geek
Premium
join:2002-11-28
| Re: It's sad... On behalf of the techies here that proposed the solution, your welcome. I was just relaying information from past outages and FAQ posts.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | I just use 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, and 4.2.2.3, I haven't used Comcast's DNS servers for at least 2 years or so. | |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | Re: It's sad... Is there some reason why you use Verizon's LA DNS servers (besides the fact that Comcast's DNS Servers don't work)?
Why not other Comcast DNS servers they might have? | |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | Re: It's sad... The verison ones have always been faster for me. | |
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jansm38
Vn800-B
Premium
join:2003-05-19
Blackwood, NJ
| Re: It's sad... I use Comcast as the Primary and 4.2.2.2 as the secondary.
I never noticed any outage since most of my page requests were already cached in XP and anything new went to the Secondary. There may have been a slight delay while waiting a second or two for the Comcast DNS request to time out.
It's generally not a good idea to use someone elses DNS server as your Primary as it's putting an extra unanticipated load on them. When they do their requirements forcasting they only use their own customer base in the equation, they're not considering the load of a few million extra requests coming from the Comcast network. What could end up happening if the load gets to be too much is the other DNS host could block requests from anyone not on their network, that would be a bad thing. | |
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Clever_Proxy
join:2004-05-14
Chicago, IL | Well all's I can say is thanks BBR for letting me know about the alternate DNS option, so now I don't have to be offline. | |
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Augie Doggie
@comcast.net | Biggest disaster for a company claiming to have fastest connection but can't figure out to maintain a simple DNS server....been using another isp's DNS server and works great...anybody knows some website to get ip's for dns?? | |
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pkarlos_76
join:2004-08-24
Edmonton, AB
| said by File Quit  :You would think they would keep a close eye after that major outage last week. Oh well, we have backup DNS servers You really think ths is comcasts fault, let me see the issue begins with latency, and timeouts, then escalates into a fullblow outage. Making the DNS servers in accessible, needless to ask, what outside force could be taking down the servers? | |
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dsaliem
Arrested Development
Premium
join:2002-07-17
Visalia, CA
| Re: It's sad... said by pkarlos_76 :said by File Quit :You would think they would keep a close eye after that major outage last week. Oh well, we have backup DNS servers You really think ths is comcasts fault, let me see the issue begins with latency, and timeouts, then escalates into a fullblow outage. Making the DNS servers in accessible, needless to ask, what outside force could be taking down the servers? Good point P? | |
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fritzmp
Biker Tux
Premium
join:2001-08-29
Warrenton, VA
clubs:
| said by pkarlos_76 :said by File Quit :You would think they would keep a close eye after that major outage last week. Oh well, we have backup DNS servers You really think ths is comcasts fault, let me see the issue begins with latency, and timeouts, then escalates into a fullblow outage. Making the DNS servers in accessible, needless to ask, what outside force could be taking down the servers? Comcast
»uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?ho···cast.com
Uptime does not look good and lots going on their in that picture.
AT&T
»uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=att.com
What would you expect, UNIX is meant to run the net.
Cox
»uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=cox.com
Notice the uptime improvement when they upgraded to win2003 server. I think win2k server is too patched together to be affective as a critical service server and needs to be patched via upgrade to win2003. Out side influence indeed.
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join:2002-08-05
Dunfermline, IL | Re: It's sad... That's exactly the thread I just went looking for - I specifically remembered his 'won't happen again' comment. | |
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JoeyDee
Premium
join:2004-07-23
Las Vegas, NV | It was out last night and again tonight! (Wednesday around 5PM)
Thanks to all the folks who posted here about just changing my router's dns servers. Changed 'em, saved the settings, rebooted my computer and I'm happening!
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ftodd
join:2001-04-11
Pittsburgh, PA | I switched my DNS servers over to a local ISP based in the Pittsburgh area. Hopefully I won't have anymore problems. | |
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Millennium
join:2002-10-10
Seattle, WA | Just called comcast they said With in 2 to 3 hours (It's 8:53 pst time ) the DNS problem should be fixed there working on it now. every day is getting to be really ***king annoying lol | |
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pkarlos_76
join:2004-08-24
Edmonton, AB
| Re: It's sad... said by Millennium :Just called comcast they said With in 2 to 3 hours (It's 8:53 pst time ) the DNS problem should be fixed there working on it now. every day is getting to be really ***king annoying lol Just think how I feel repeating the same thing to customers 110+ times in a 3.5 hour period. :+/
P.S. I'm gonna grab some throat lozenges, just in case it happens again tomorrow. | |
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