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.