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Comcast Server Failure Makes Google, Others Unavailable

Grant Gross and Juan Carlos Perez write on MacWorld:

The failure of a DNS (domain name system) server at Comcast caused problems for some Web surfers in the northeast section of the U.S. Tuesday, making several Web sites, including Google, inaccessible.

The server failure caused connectivity problems for a “few hours,” said Jeanne Russo, a Comcast spokeswoman. By late Tuesday, the broadband provider had rerouted traffic to other servers, she said.

An undetermined number of Google users who subscribe to Comcast’s broadband service “experienced problems accessing Google and other services for a short period of time,” a Google Inc. spokesman said via e-mail.

posted by Fergie @ 9/27/2006 09:56:00 AM