25 Apr 2011 8:13 AM:
I have not been able to access the BBC News website since the site outage last month. For some reason the site loads in Windows XP but not on my Mac regardless of whether I use Safari or Firefox. My service provider is Telefonica.
I contacted the BBC and they replied that its a problem with Telefonica and they're working with them to solve the problem. That was two weeks ago.
I found a work around today. I changed the DNS server name on my Mac to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and it works - finally! (I would've put the link to the site with the solution and explication, but I'm not allowed to - sigh!)
Make this change by preferences> network> advanced> DNS. Click the plus button at the bottom of the left pane and type in the new numbers. The original numbers will disapear.
What this does is swap Telefonica's DNS server to OpenDNS which, judging by posts on the web, is very reliable.
IMPORTANT: Before you make the change, note down your existing DNS server name, just in case you have to revert.
This message was last edited by redfava on 25/04/2011.
This message was last edited by redfava on 25/04/2011.
This message was last edited by redfava on 25/04/2011.
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Problem with BBC News via internet
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