2010/8/1 Balaji Narayanan (பாலாஜி நாராயணன்) <[email protected]>:
> I tend to disagree here. You are assuming that OpenDNS / Google DNS is > always reliable, correct and secure(???). If you dont trust your ISP > to provide the basic service that he is expected to provide reliably, > there is something wrong. > > For the fact, I have been an Airtel Broadband user for over 5 years > now and I dont remember experiencing any major issues with their DNS. You are a lucky guy. In my experience TATA, Airtel and BSNL all have DNS server uptime issues. I used all of them simultaneously for over 3 years and have had issues. Once I switched to OpenDNS and other public servers, this problem got resolved. The pity is that when we call these ISPs and tell them their DNS is down, the call centre sees stars. In BSNL DSL, one has to contend with their PPP auth server going down often albeit for small periods like 1/2 to 1 hour. It is better to wait it out than go thro' the pain of trying to explain to the call centre guy who assumes we know nothing of networking. This experience is in Bangalore though, not Chennai. -- Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
