[olug] Cox Speed Increase

[Chad Homan]

+1 on OpenDNS. +1 on 50m
On Jul 8, 2014 11:18 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:

> I assumed it were hijacking any dns lookups for residential period, seems
> like something they would do. Although I had to deal with both ATT and Time
> Warner today at the sales office, 2 different ISP's both down due to a
> fiber cut. Ahh excitement, Makes me love Cox.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ahh that explains it. I use my own DNS server.
> > On Jul 8, 2014 8:39 PM, "T. J. Brumfield" <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I've been using OpenDNS rather that Cox's DNS for years so I've never
> seen
> >> their DNS hijacking.
> >>
> >> Google also has a Namebench tool to help you find the DNS server that
> will
> >> give you the best performance.
> >>
> >> http://www.beststuff.com/gadgets/google/29622/
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://www.omaha.com/money/increase-in-cox-residential-internet-speeds-comin
> >> > g-this-week/article_d62501ac-05f2-11e4-ba25-0017a43b2370.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So Cox residential is getting a speed increase this week, I hope the
> >> > Ultimate tier gets a boost.  Any luck getting Century Link gigabit to
> >> work
> >> > well?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Last week I opted out of the "advance error page" DNS hijacking (I
> >> thought
> >> > I
> >> > had already done this in the past)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://www.cox.com/residential/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=bd71bb
> >> > c0-6446-11df-ccef-000000000000
> >> >
> >> > My Cox Ultimate internet now seems laggier than normal.  By doing this
> >> did
> >> > I
> >> > get added to some goofy traffic filter group that is really laggy?
> >> >
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