Comcast DNS is down - Major meltdown.

[Xipe Totec]

I just came back online by manually switching to Google's DNS 8.8.8.8




http://www.google.com/search?q=comcast+dns+problems&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=comcast+dns+problems&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=OEZ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivu&tbs=mbl:1&tbo=u&ei=iArzTKuIGISs8AaPn5zhCw&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ5QUwAA&fp=db661800e92bcbde

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well that looks like a DNS attack

Wow!

[Xipe Totec]

2. Yea, unfortunately, if you're reading this you're outside the blast radius

or know how to manually configure your DNS.

I wonder how many DUers are out there wondering :wtf: happened.

[hlthe2b]

10. There is something to be said for unlimited data via 3G/4G cellular

even if it is slower....I'm also told there is a bit more security in using cellular versus other forms of broadband, but wouldn't bet my last dollar on that.

[SmileyRose]

3. Comcast sucks

I never pass up the opportunity to tell a truth like that.

[Xipe Totec]

5. I just tried to report it to their support site

They wont allow you to submit a query unless you tell them the make and model number of your router.

I'm not going down to the basement again to check. screw them; I'm sticking to Google for DNS.

If I had another choice of ISP, I'd take it.

[crikkett]

24. you can always make something up.

the peons on the phone are limited in their ability to accommodate you.

[Xipe Totec]

28. It was their service web page.

In any event, surely by now they've figured it out :evilgrin:

[Liquorice]

8. I love Comcast. I never have problems with them and my connection is very fast. nt

[trotsky]

11. Yup. I understand that others can have different experiences..

but I have always gotten great service with them.

[SmileyRose]

12. They triple suck here.

maybe even quadruple multiplied by a trazillion.

[knitter4democracy]

14. That. I'm switching to AT&T on Friday.

I know, I know, not much better as a company, but I'm getting a ton more for less than $20 more a month. From what I hear locally, AT&T beats Comcast in internet availability, too.

[SmileyRose]

17. You may be getting a ton more

but you still are spending more.

And yes, it's a case of sucks and sucks in my neck of the woods too. There's a unique stupidity about punishing your loyal customer with higher pricing than the newbies.

[knitter4democracy]

18. Yes, but I've budgeted for it.

It's more that I'm paying so I can finally have MSNBC again and internet that won't randomly go out all the time.

[Delphinus]

22. I hear you there!

It makes no sense to me.

[NickB79]

25. That's what my wife and I used to say. Then we switched to Frontier Communications

They suckered me in with a free Dell netbook that they claimed was a $400 value.

When it arrived, it was the much cheaper, less memory model. That right there should have told me to run away :grrr:

Our service is MUCH slower than what they promised us, and their billing department is just horrible. They routinely double-charged us and forced us to fight them every month to reverse the charges, until I stopped into their office in town and threatened to call the State Attorney General if I EVER received another erroneous charge.

Also, I took for granted the fact that Comcast's TV service (we had a bundled package) has a MASSIVE and FREE on-demand selection to choose from. We went to Netflix to replace it, and while that was a great decision, Comcast had a lot of shows on instant-watch that Netflix doesn't have up yet.

So yeah, Comcast sucks, just not as much as some other alternatives.

[dave29]

4. Heh.

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[drm604]

6. Interesting.

Fortunately, I don't have Comcast. But it's still good to know the address for Google's DNS. Thanks for posting that.

I wonder if this is related to the Wikileaks thing somehow.

[Xipe Totec]

7. That's the primary Google DNS server. Backup is 8.8.4.4

Just in case...

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Might have left the reservation

Somehow I doubt it...not only us likes to pull this crap.

[geckosfeet]

13. Down here too. Thanks for the google dns tip. Seems faster than the comcast dns on good day.

[Poll_Blind]

15. Google DNS tracks the shit out of you, try OpenDNS:208.67.222.222 and/or 208.67.220.220

Not going to make much of a difference in the short term but if you consider switching DNS, do some research into the strengths and weaknesses of each and who might be turning a buck off your DNS requests.

PB

[drm604]

23. Don't you have to signup for OpenDNS?

From their website, it looks like they keep logs. Am I misunderstanding it?

[Poll_Blind]

26. Nope- you can just plug in their numbers and start using right away.

You only need to sign up if you want to add DNS entries, but that's a complicated process and it requires a bunch of checking and stuff- mostly if you have a subdomain on a domain you already clearly own. That sort of thing.

OpenDNS may keep logs but they don't monetize it if they do. Google definitely does. Google is great and everything, and I use some of their more obscure services (some of the Google Labs kinda things) but everything processed by those gets fed immediately into a monetization routine which includes Google Ads. Somoene pointed out that this occurs so quickly that even as you're typing a message in GMail, even before you've sent it, if you save off a draft and come back you can actually see that your content has been scanned for keywords and those are reflected in targeted ads.

I'm not here to totally slam on Google because both they and OpenDNS have saved my ass by dropping a warning in between me and a link when I'm requesting a DNS for a site which has been flagged as dispensing malware- but (as I mentioned) if people are thinking about switiching their DNS for the long haul, they should do some research into how their DNS requests are being parsed.

Now, in the interests of "full disclosure", I believe that many ISP's actually monetize DNS requests on the side for their paying customer's DNS requests. I believe at least Comcast & AT&T do, I dunno about QWest or the others.

PB

[drm604]

27. Thank you for the information.

I may try OpenDNS.

[Speck Tater]

16. Oh well. The internet is just a passing fad anyway. nt

[DainBramaged]

19. I use 8.8.8.8/8.8.6.6 as DNS addresses at work instead of Cablevision's

never fails.

[spanone]

20. on comcast here, no problem

[Xipe Totec]

21. I'm sure you won't hear from many of the people affected

because they won't be able to access the internet to report.