Phylop
Premium
join:2002-11-17
Reston, VA
| reply to Techman21
Re: Easy answer:
said by Techman21  :Actually you would be surprised by how many Joe Blows call in about this problem. I work tech support for dialup service and get calls all the time relating to Page cannot be displayed. Usually the culprits can be tracked down to crappy phones lines, crappy modem, or ta da...Norton Security. Then again I would deem IE unsafe myself, but that is issue is totally different. If any of those issues are the cause for the 404s the "redirect" BS isn't going to be able to solve anything, thus won't reduce the number of calls. I think these idiots are just looking for more cash. |
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Techman21
join:2005-04-14
Richmond, VA
| reply to dvd536
Actually you would be surprised by how many Joe Blows call in about this problem. I work tech support for dialup service and get calls all the time relating to Page cannot be displayed.
Usually the culprits can be tracked down to crappy phones lines, crappy modem, or ta da...Norton Security. Then again I would deem IE unsafe myself, but that is issue is totally different. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to fiberguy
So everytime someone fat-fingers a URL they make money. Fsck'n lowlifes. oh yeah. i call my ISP everytime i get a page not found. uh huh uh huh.
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looseBits
join:2004-06-04
Arlington, TX
1 edit | reply to fiberguy
This doesn't make sense, you get a 404 when the server name is valid but the requested resource isn't there. If they are acutally redirecting in these cases, they must be inspecting HTTP packets for 404 error codes. If that's the case, changing your DNS server won't do a thing.
If they are redirecting when you do a lookup on a non-existant domain name, that's a different issue and switching DNS servers should fix the problem... but that isn't a 404. |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| reply to fiberguy
yes i could use new dns and that's what i am doing using verizon dns. However when isp company starts doing this type of stuff it usually means that other stuff will happen. At this point i am not going to switch but being i am out of contract i will switch if anything else gets changed for the worse |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| reply to ylen131
SO just use alternate DNS servers..
SBC, CA: 206.13.31.12
206.13.30.12
206.13.29.12
206.13.28.12
Qwest: 205.171.3.65
205.171.2.65
UofM: 128.101.101.101
If they are using DNS as the point of redrect, simply use other DNS servers out there.
If you have a hosting provider for webhosting, use their DNS servers..
There are pleanty of options.
What they are doing is 100% B.S. and should not be.. however, make a choice and switch DNS or switch providers. Maybe they will get the message. If you are using SBC already for the DSL line, simply call DSL and have them swith you to them as an ISP or grab another one of the providers in the list. |
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