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DNS slower than dirt here in PA
Posted by Harry Edwards on October 21st, 2004


Is anyone here in eastern PA noticing that, or is it just me?

Posted by DR News Reading on October 22nd, 2004


Harry Edwards wrote:

Well since it's dependent on which cable company you're using, the town or
area where you are located, and most importantly which DNS server you're
using, who knows?


Posted by Dillon Family on October 22nd, 2004


Are you on Comcast? I've noticed the past several weeks that there seems to
be frequent delays or "not founds" when trying to connect to various sites,
usually in the evening. Doesn't effect speed; apparently just the DNS
lookup. I'm in Southeastern PA. When this happens sometimes I can ping a
site, other times not. But I can usually always ping a site by the DNS
numbers.

Is this what you're experiencing?


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Posted by Kimberly Murphy-Smith on October 22nd, 2004


In article <KoKdnW3SBsPvbuXcRVn-sQ@comcast.com>,
"Dillon Family" <n3wmgATexciteDOTcom> wrote:

We've had DNS issues in Howard County (MD) since last weekend. I
switched to another DNS server (on the open DNS list) and things
improved dramatically.

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Posted by George Berger on October 22nd, 2004



We've had the same thing on a dial-up connection with our
Bethesda-located ISP.