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OpenDNS Does The Business For Irish Web Users

14 July, 2009, 12:05 am


Use OpenDNS
The Twittersphere was loaded tonight with Tweeters complaining about a major failure in Eircom’s DNS service. I have been having ongoing problems with Eirom, which is one of Ireland’s main ISPs, and have little satisfaction in getting my problems resolved. It is clear from tonight’s events that I am not alone. I had to rely on O2′s mobile broadband service for much of the evening.

Thanks to a number of Tweeters, I was referred to OpenDNS, which is a provider of free security and infrastructure services that make the Internet safer through integrated Web content filtering, anti-phishing and DNS. I had to sign up for a free account, which was very easy to do and took just a few minutes. Once this was done, I changed the DNS entries in my broadband router and I was up and running on the web again.

I am still looking forward to the day when I can dispense with Eircom’s “service” all together.

What has your experience with Eircom’s broadband service been? Leave a comment and let me know, though I expect I already know the answer.

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3 Comments

  1. chris:

    Well John My Experience with Eircom’s Broadband Service Began with an Insult from the technical support while I was inquiring about the initial Setup.It turned out that my network card was not installed although I did not get that Answer from Eircom.So I had to Download the Driver For the Network card with my 3mobile connection which I had Been Using with Open D.N.S because Open D.N.S also Uses Cached pages speeding up everything Ideal for Dial up and Mobile Broadband Users.It’s A Shame I can’t get it to work on Ubuntu otherwise I would be using it on My laptop.And Eircoms
    “Dormant Network Server”.

    14 July, 2009, 9:11 am

  2. Dave Meehan:

    I might print this out, as when eircom went down I didnt (wont – for the next outage) have a backup – and I certainly was not going to go back to dialup.

    15 July, 2009, 9:09 am

  3. Declan Brady:

    Hi John, Why are you still with eircom? I am with another company and have had no problems. Wimax will be here very soon and there will be no need for eircom at all. Declan Brady.

    15 July, 2009, 1:21 pm

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