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Eircom DSL - DNS Lookups Slow

ShiverinEskimo · 2009-07-01 19:40:04

I'm having terrible issues this evening performing DNS lookups. Takes about 10 to 20 seconds to do the lookup but once done the page loads in normal time. In Dundalk - wondering if it's me or if anyone else is having issues.

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#602 26-08-2009 11:07PM

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Nice to see eircom have the situation in hand :rolleyes:

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#603 26-08-2009 11:08PM

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Yep, problems here as well. Switched again to OpenDns. All ok now.

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#604 26-08-2009 11:10PM

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I never left openDNS so I didn't realise there was an issue

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this may be a legitimate attack in protest against their piratebay stance!

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#605 26-08-2009 11:21PM

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projectmayhem wrote: »

I never left openDNS so I didn't realise there was an issue

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this may be a legitimate attack in protest against their piratebay stance!

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#606 26-08-2009 11:24PM

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Was very slow all evening, had to reload each page 3-4 times to get the connection.

Switched to opendns and working fine now.

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#607 27-08-2009 12:01AM

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DeepBlue wrote: »

Yep, problems here as well. Switched again to OpenDns. All ok now.

projectmayhem wrote: »

I never left openDNS so I didn't realise there was an issue

I'm now using OpenDNS for the first time.

(Perhaps I should ask Eircom to refund whatever they are charging me to provide DNS services? )

Is OpenDNS just "better" than Eircom or should I switch back to the EircomDNS at a later date?

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#608 27-08-2009 12:33AM

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Tonight is really slow with me too, I keep getting error messages and pages not loading. I switched to OpenDNS two weeks ago but haven't noticed any real improvement.

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#609 27-08-2009 12:58AM

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projectmayhem wrote: »

I never left openDNS so I didn't realise there was an issue

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this may be a legitimate attack in protest against their piratebay stance!

Exactly what I was thinking :cool:

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#610 27-08-2009 02:21AM

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projectmayhem wrote: »

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this may be a legitimate attack in protest against their piratebay stance!

daft!

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#611 27-08-2009 02:22AM

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Farcear wrote: »

(Perhaps I should ask Eircom to refund whatever they are charging me to provide DNS services? )

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Daft again!

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#612 27-08-2009 02:24AM

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Farcear wrote: »

Is OpenDNS just "better" than Eircom or should I switch back to the EircomDNS at a later date?

Stick with whichever you want. Neither is much different to the other.

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#613 27-08-2009 08:00AM

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Cionád wrote: »

Was very slow all evening, had to reload each page 3-4 times to get the connection.

Switched to opendns and working fine now.

Had the same problem, took about 4-5 times to load each page
seems to be a bit better this morning although still slow.

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#614 27-08-2009 11:53AM

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kind of nuts that the ad at the bottom is advertising how great eircom is, and were all rubbishing it.

🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞

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#615 29-08-2009 12:18AM

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rameire wrote: »

kind of nuts that the ad at the bottom is advertising how great eircom is, and were all rubbishing it.

Haha just noticed that

Eircom is annoying the hell out of me.

Wish Smart Telecoms non contended broadband was available for me.

Had Smart for 5 years and no problems.

I have Eircom for one month and have a problem every second day

I think a lot of it is down to the crappy contention. I pay for a 7Mb service. I think I should get it and not have to share it with 20+ other users.

Has there any legal aspect to selling a product that can't perform anywhere near maximum because it's being shared?

The product should clearly state you are buying one twentieth of a 7Mb connection.

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#616 29-08-2009 12:40AM

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koHd wrote: »

I pay for a 7Mb service. I think I should get it and not have to share it with 20+ other users.

Sorry, but this has been done to death here before. You're paying for "up to 7Mb".

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#617 29-08-2009 12:42AM

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koHd wrote: »

Has there any legal aspect to selling a product that can't perform anywhere near maximum because it's being shared?

I believe it's in the Terms and Conditions somewhere that "Eircom doesn't guarantee any level of service" or something to that effect.

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#618 29-08-2009 12:55AM

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Farcear wrote: »

I believe it's in the Terms and Conditions somewhere that "Eircom doesn't guarantee any level of service" or something to that effect.

Hahaha

Can you imagine a car mechanic with that one?

"I'm sorry sir, I know I promised your car would be as good as new after two weeks work and E3,000 charge. But I think you'll find in our terms and conditions, we actually don't guarantee ANY level of service. Sometimes I just like to drink tea and not work at all. Unfortunately for you, this happened a lot in the last two weeks.

"But on the bright side, I used most of your money to pay for my upcoming holiday to Miami. So at least it's not going to waste ya know."

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#619 29-08-2009 01:40AM

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koHd wrote: »

Hahaha

Can you imagine a car mechanic with that one?

"I'm sorry sir, I know I promised your car would be as good as new after two weeks work and E3,000 charge. But I think you'll find in our terms and conditions, we actually don't guarantee ANY level of service. Sometimes I just like to drink tea and not work at all. Unfortunately for you, this happened a lot in the last two weeks.

"But on the bright side, I used most of your money to pay for my upcoming holiday to Miami. So at least it's not going to waste ya know."

What a PATHETIC arguement!

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#620 29-08-2009 10:49AM

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Yeah kohd, you're paying for 'up to' 7 mb (so at 6pm its 500k if you're lucky), there was a big thing about it a while ago in england as well, it really is bad that the countrys biggest phone/broadband company isnt secure/isnt fast, people are copping on, dont worry i'm sure a few of the governments friends are eircom shareholders, any time now fianna fail will buy up all there bad servers & cables (above cost) with tax payers money and then eircom 'might' upgrade the system.

It will be known as NBMA (National Broadband Mismanagement Agency)

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#621 29-08-2009 10:51AM

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P.S.

Fuzzy Clam do you work for Eircom ? just here checking the ads are ok on the page ?

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#622 29-08-2009 11:47AM

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I have given up and gone to BT.

Increased speed to 7.6m and its still cheaper than Eircon.

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#623 03-09-2009 10:51PM

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talk about the ****tiest service of broadband,
and they will prob come out and say oh its only our third outage in the last year, its not that bad.
ffs its like once a fuppin week.
i hate you eircon

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#624 03-09-2009 11:31PM

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"LIVE A RICHER LIFE" by not getting ripped off by Eicoms crappy DNS (Chorus Magnet digiweb NTL BT here we come #eircomfail #eircom #fail

And then we will bully them into proper rates for the slow speeds they offer us

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#625 03-09-2009 11:32PM

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And this is the fifth thread. Here is the only place for the current eircom problem.

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