Well, I narrowed it down to AT&T's shady DNS servers. After switching to OpenDNS, we've had NO problems whatsoever.
On that note, we're up and running again (at least for internet traffic, moving website that we have running on a server here to a hosted location to solve the problem of still having issues accessing it from outside our network) no thanks to AT&T. Thanks for your suggestions, everyone. Time to search for another, more reliable, provider. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 08:49 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Outages Telecom issues are definitely my least favorite IT task. Followed by cell phones, though they may technically be telecom as well. I will say that Paetec seems to do a great job. Though I don't use them at my current employer, they were always a pleasure to work with and you always got someone on the line who could figure things out pretty darn fast. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Outages Funny but very true! I wonder why the telecom industry continues to behave in this manner? Next to dealing with PCs, calling carriers is my least favorite thing to do. Shook _____ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Outages Followed by a bunch of typing. Then the problem mysteriously disappears. "Nope, nothing wrong here" From: Michael Tellson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Internet Outages Standard response from ATT support (before troubleshooting): "I don't see any problem here.it must be with your equipment." Michael Tellson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sean Houston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Outages We have clients who use AT&T and I know at least a couple of them here in the Cleveland, OH area are having no problems. I understand how you feel about AT&T, talking to them is like falling down a flight of escher stairs for hours... Sean Houston On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:14 PM, James Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nobody reporting problems here in Miami FL. We are on Deltacom. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher J. Bosak <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:10 PM Subject: Internet Outages Having issues here. some websites work, some don't. Others are extremely slow. Anyone else getting this? Our ISP is AT&T. *sigh* Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
