Charter down Nationwide?

[GlockSpock]

http://www.gazettextra.com/20140823/charter_internet_down_saturday Down, not able to reach them, interesting.

[vontar]

NSA is upgrading servers.  Installing the latest version of Carnivore.

[jhc77]

Our Internet went down around lunch. Which means everyone hits there phones or tablets. Even cell phone speeds are in the toilet.

[GlockSpock]

It's the DNS servers. Use: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Those are the Open DNS servers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Edited August 24, 2014 by CZ9MM

[jhc77]

Double tap. Edited August 24, 2014 by JHC77

[jhc77]

It's the DNS servers. Use:208.67.222.222208.67.220.220Those are the Open DNS servers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I need English CZ :). Send a PM if it's not too complicated.

[GlockSpock]

DNS Think of it like a phone book for computers. You type "Google.com" and your computer takes that "name" and looks it up on a DNS Server. Then your computer has an IP address which it can understand. Charter's DNS servers are down. You can use different ones though. A lot of people either use OpenDNS or Google's DNS. http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/opendns-ip-addresses/ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[vontar]

I use google at my dns in my router. 

 

Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers

 

 

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Edited August 24, 2014 by vontar

[jhc77]

DNSThink of it like a phone book for computers. You type "Google.com" and your computer takes that "name" and looks it up on a DNS Server. Then your computer has an IP address which it can understand. Charter's DNS servers are down. You can use different ones though. A lot of people either use OpenDNS or Google's DNS. http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/opendns-ip-addresses/Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Eureka! Thanks CZ

[GlockSpock]

[quote name="vontar" post="1182644" timestamp="1408841391"]NSA is upgrading servers. Installing the latest version of Carnivore.[/quote] I don't think they call it Carnivore anymore. It was too scary. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[10-Ring]

So glad I have Comcast.  Yup, never thought that I'd say that.

[vontar]

I don't think they call it Carnivore anymore. It was too scary. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

but it has its roots with Carnivore.  A rose by another name still has Thorns.  Except those fancy genetic engineered roses that will be the death of us all. 

[Glock30]

Mine has been sporadic since lunch and just came back up a few minutes ago. We'll see how long it lasts.

[Wingshooter]

Mine's still down

[GlockSpock]

[quote name="CZ9MM" post="1182654" timestamp="1408842888"]DNSThink of it like a phone book for computers. You type "Google.com" and your computer takes that "name" and looks it up on a DNS Server. Then your computer has an IP address which it can understand. Charter's DNS servers are down. You can use different ones though. A lot of people either use OpenDNS or Google's DNS. [url="http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/opendns-ip-addresses/"]http://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/opendns-ip-addresses/[/url]Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk[/quote]

Mine's still down

[gl19gobang]

I have Charter, it just started working again at 11:00 p.m.

[10-Ring]

Now my Comcast is acting funny.  running around .1 Mbps.

[hlb14]

So that's what was wrong with my wifi yesterday.

[Glenn]

My Comcast sucked all day yesterday.

[peejman]

Our ATT is down last night and today.

[Mike.357]

Obama has been playing with the upgrades on the Internet Kill Switch.  

 

That's my guess.

[alphaX]

[quote name="Mike.357" post="1182794" timestamp="1408896279"]Obama has been playing with the upgrades on the Internet Kill Switch. That's my guess.[/quote] Clearly it can't be his fault... He's busy golfing.

[bersaguy]

Clearly it can't be his fault... He's busy golfing.

Yea and besides that he would have someone else do it so when it was discovered or leaked he could point his finger at someone else to blame. You have to remember, ""The Anointed One can do no Wrong"" It is either Bush's fault or a spy or a turn coat leaker but it is never his fault.................jmho

[joustin]

Friday they had a major routing change in the NC area. I had 5-6 locations drop off the map from our VPN. DNS etc was good to go but something crapped out. We had a work around but it was odd to say the least.

 

ETA - Time Warner is who I was thinking of, my bad

Edited August 24, 2014 by joustin

[Oh Shoot]

Already "updated" on Wiki, in the already pointed "criticism section"

 

"Charter Communications is known for its notorious connection stability issues. One of the latest example of which is its DNS server outage on August 23rd though August 24th of 2014. During which time, many customers also experienced busy signals when calling Charter's call center either to report the outage or to ascertain the expected return-to-service time. [62] Many customers have also been frustrated by Charter's unwillingness to communicate with them on social media, with the corporate communications twitter account opting instead to post about sponsored giveaways."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Communications#Criticism

 

- OS