http://chrisgonyea.com/archives/2005/04/14/comcast-dns-issues/ Random thoughts and ramblings Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://chrisgonyea.com/archives/2005/04/14/comcast-dns-issues/#comment-167 Eddie On Everything » Comcast DNS slow? Use these easy to remember DNS IPs Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:45:01 +0000 http://chrisgonyea.com/archives/2005/04/14/comcast-dns-issues/#comment-167 [...] For those of you non-technical folks out there, “DNS” stands for “Domain Name Service/System.” Think of it like a phone book for computers - when you type “yahoo.com” into your browser, your computer must first look up “yahoo.com” in the DNS to find the number it needs to “dial” to contact yahoo.com. Comcast has a history of running a slow phonebook. This means that even though they offer lightning fast connection speeds, your internet browsing can slow to a crawl waiting for these lookups to occur. [...] [...] For those of you non-technical folks out there, “DNS” stands for “Domain Name Service/System.” Think of it like a phone book for computers – when you type “yahoo.com” into your browser, your computer must first look up “yahoo.com” in the DNS to find the number it needs to “dial” to contact yahoo.com. Comcast has a history of running a slow phonebook. This means that even though they offer lightning fast connection speeds, your internet browsing can slow to a crawl waiting for these lookups to occur. [...]

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