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I live in the US and have had Comcast do this to me before. I routinely use GoogleDNS because of that. Also because Comcast DNS sucks horribly and times out w
by polyfractal 14y ago
I live in the US and have had Comcast do this to me before. I routinely use GoogleDNS because of that.
Also because Comcast DNS sucks horribly and times out with upsetting regularity.
- ohashi 14y agoThat is my experience with comcast dns too. Although, I have had some issues with google dns too on a rare occasion where I had to change back to something else (comcast or opendns) for a short while until google dns worked again. They never hijacked anything, but it just stopped working for a brief period.
- mikeash 14y agoNote that you can opt out of Comcast's DNS hijacking, although the fact that it's on by default is still pretty bad. There is, as far as I know, no switch to make their DNS more reliable, though.
- staplesowns 14y agoIf you're using Comcast Business, I've yet to find a way to do this. Comcast Support (email, phone, live chat) also have no idea. If anyone knows how to do it, please let me know.
- mikeash 14y agoThat's crazy. You'd think the business version would have more customization available, not less. I take it you've logged into your comcast.net account and the box to disable it isn't there for you?
- streptomycin 14y agoI have Cablevision and they technically allow you to opt out. But even after opting out, I still get that damned useless ad-infested search page sometimes, seemingly at random. I'm not sure if it's because of their incompetence of malicious intent.
- X-Istence 14y agoComcast has disabled all DNS hijacking, and has since they implemented their DNSSEC validating servers.
- AjithAntony 14y agoYeah, I think you are right. The "Domain Helper" options no longer appear in my accounts page: http://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/help-index.php http://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/help-index.php