[outages] ATT UVerse problems with default DNS server

[Jared Mauch]

On Jan 27, 2014, at 11:05 AM, Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti at gmail.com> wrote:

> On ATT UVerse in Michigan (48104), having problems reaching some web sites including MLive.com.
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> I checked "Down detector" for ATT (http://downdetector.com/status/att) and it's reporting lots of problems nationally. The comments suggest to change your DNS server and all will be well, so I did (to Google's 8.8.8.8) and all is indeed well.
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> FYI. A little writeup here
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> http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2014/01/27-january-2014-att-uverse-dns-server-problems.html
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> to capture the moment. thanks!

Just a comment: I've had a lot of people say they are having issues today across the nation on AT&T as a result of this.

Thanks for sharing good details Ed.

- jared