[Discuss] Has Comcast broken the internet?

[tkoker at gmail.com (Tony Koker)]

Hi,

   No. Doesn't seem like that would be the problem, then.
   Maybe log into comcast (http://customer.comcast.com) and check service
status (maybe with your phone). I'm not longer on comcast, or I'd have
given it a peak myself.

Tony Koker


On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org> wrote:

> >>>>> "Tony" == Tony Koker <tkoker at gmail.com> writes:
>
>    Tony>    Not sure about the services that are working for you,
>    Tony> whether they use DNS or not, but this sounds like a problem
>    Tony> I've had in the past when the DNS for the ISP isn't working.
>
> I'm not using the Comcast DNS,  because when it broke a year or so ago,
> I read advice to use the google dns at 8.8.8.8 instead.  But it doesn't
> surprise me if Comcast DNS is broken.  Would they have trouble routing
> packets or something, even if I'm not using it directly?
>
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