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The aftermath of the Eircom DNS problems
Eircom customers will be glad to know that the issues they have been experiencing with their Internet over the last week have now been resolved. In a statement released from Eircom today they ensure us that they are "working continuously to minimise the impact for customers and has taken a number of steps, including software updates and hardware interventions, to fully restore internet service." You can read the full announcement here. For those of you who have switched over to OpenDNS, you do not need to change your settings. OpenDNS is a free, widely respected and trusted alternative DNS provider which allows people to use their service. You will not experience any problems as a result of moving to OpenDNS, everything will remain the exact same such as sending and receiving emails using your Eircom account. If Eircom suffer an outage in the future, you will not be effected if you remain with OpenDNS.
Posted by Kevin on 7th Jul 09 at 22:19

The aftermath of the Eircom DNS problems

Eircom customers will be glad to know that the issues they have been experiencing with their Internet over the last week have now been resolved. In a statement released from Eircom today they ensure us that they are "working continuously to minimise the impact for customers and has taken a number of steps, including software updates and hardware interventions, to fully restore internet service."

You can read the full announcement here.

For those of you who have switched over to OpenDNS, you do not need to change your settings. OpenDNS is a free, widely respected and trusted alternative DNS provider which allows people to use their service. You will not experience any problems as a result of moving to OpenDNS, everything will remain the exact same such as sending and receiving emails using your Eircom account. If Eircom suffer an outage in the future, you will not be effected if you remain with OpenDNS.

Posted by Kevin on 7th Jul 09 at 22:19

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