BroadbandReports.com tells us Comcast’s DNS servers had a rough weekend. According to reports from Comcast customers, instead of being able to surf freely they were confronted with this page when they attempted to visit any Web site:
It’s not clear if the problem continues today, but one thing is certain: OpenDNS fixed the problem.
Welcome to OpenDNS, Comcast customers! 
Alex Rodriguez
As a Comcast and OpenDNS user who never noticed the problem I am thankful for OpenDNS! Only have Comcast because of the higher speed and I dislike them less than BellSouth (now AT&T), the lesser of two evils theory.
posted on June 11th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Marvin Conn
I can say that the LAST time Comcast had a problem I found OpenDNS. This time, I didn’t even notice. Thank you OpenDNS!
posted on June 11th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Adam
wow, that looks scary…..all that fine print, just to connect to the INTERNET? And wtf do they need your zip code for, when you are a subscriber? And even then….IP2Location?….lol.
posted on June 11th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Son
Same like a previous poster, too many DNS issues with Comcast led me to OpenDNS and I keep recommend it to other people. Don’t commercialize it too much though!
posted on June 12th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Furtive
I had that problem. That site would load no matter what URL I typed. It led to a phishing site that wanted you to submit a form with all of your information in order to connect to a live chat to talk with a ‘customer service’ individual. A friend gave me the OpenDNS IP’s and that immediatly fixed my internets. Thanks so much!
posted on June 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am
waytoomuchcoffee
Another Comcast person who discovered this service. Thanks! And btw furtive it was not a phishing site. It was Comcast’s regular provisioning site, as verified by a dns lookup, and signed by RSA. Don’t worry, faceless hackers are not out to steal your secret zip code.
posted on June 13th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Calabshkid
I have suffered through other DNS outages by Comcast but I never knew there was a problem because I’ve been using Open DNS. I was totally connected with absolutely no problems. Great job, Open DNS!
posted on June 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
coolbho
I was using OpenDNS before I switched to Comcast, so this didn’t bother me.
posted on June 16th, 2007 at 10:22 am
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posted on June 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
sf
Wow, another Comcast customer here… didn’t even notice… Thanks OpenDNS.
posted on June 20th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
compneo
Comcast customer and OpenDNS user here……never noticed any problems….thanks
posted on June 21st, 2007 at 6:24 am
Drhart4000
I don’t have comcast, but my ISP did that a little wile back as well. Now i wont ave to deal with that again.
Thank you OpenDNS
Wayne,
posted on June 21st, 2007 at 9:35 pm
morrison
does open dns work with online games?
posted on June 21st, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Matt Gulden
I’ve had Comcast DNS problems, too, but since I started using OpenDNS months ago, I’ve had no DNS problems whatsoever! Bravo!
posted on June 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
cris
wow, just in time! i didnt even know
posted on June 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Ilgaz
morrison: It should work, it is a DNS server. If game’s DNS reports problems, you also have chance to use CacheCheck to fix DNS automatically which your ISP doesn’t offer.
posted on June 24th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
ECJB
I’m a ComCrash customer as well, and have been for at least several years. I’ve had DNS issues with Comcast, like they wouldn’t resolve my personal website domain, so I couldn’t get or send my email. It’s been a total PIA. Thanks to OpenDNS, these issues have been resolved.
Now if I could only enter the DNS into my router/cable modem… (LinkSys WCG200 v. 2) The only way for that to happen I think is to have a static IP, which I don’t. That’s why I have dyndns.org (ecjb.dyndns.org) to point back to my computer(s).
- Eric.
posted on June 28th, 2007 at 5:36 am
pentapenguin
I have Comcast as well and have had problems with their slow and poor DNS service. Since switching to OpenDNS I’ve had no problems whatsoever! OpenDNS is THE BEST!!!!
posted on July 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Otto Haring
Much better than AT&T!
posted on September 29th, 2009 at 4:17 am