Comments on: Shame on You, Comcast!

By: Lew

Lew — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:05:06 +0000

I Googled hoping to find out why this was happening. This baffled me and after reading here it dawned on me that oh yeah, I am on their network (just visiting friends). Thanks for the info!

By: John Hall

John Hall — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:40:52 +0000

Another option is Google Public DNS
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
as your DNS servers

who runs opendns.org ?
Is it the motd group?
Is a company behind it, and how is it funded ?

By: Comcast Frustated USER

Comcast Frustated USER — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:03:03 +0000

Thank you for exposing this.

Users, be aware, educate your selves!
Knowledge is power.

By: Kabroo

Kabroo — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:55:59 +0000

I did notice it a month ago in Washington State. I have Bing as my default search provider but now and then this annoying spam Comcast page appears. I had nothing agains Comcast but this is pisses me off. I lost all trust to them in regards to my privacy or customer respect. I was told by the rep that it is opt-out feature, will try to disable it somehow.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:55:28 +0000

I’ve noticed these address re-directions sporadically, but gave it little notice. It was probably some internet browser setting (like the default search engine). I checked and the default was Google. After finding this article, I searched comcast.com and disabled the “Domain Helper”. No more problem. That’s just one more reason to be cautious of Comcast.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:38:12 +0000

I found this article interesting because I ran into a problem with a new website that we created won’t come up when you type the url in the search bar. Apparently many people use the search bar like an address bar. Go figure. You learn something everyday.
I don’t know if anyone else has run into this problem but if the site is new Comcast.net does not get that information until Google releases it to them.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:07:08 +0000

Easiest thing to do here is go in your router or your network card settings and force the use of a different DNS server. The best performer, IMHO is opendns.org. Its free as well. Their DNS forwarders are

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Using them allows you to have full control of what DNS provides you, not the ISP who seems to have forgotten their job. Provide you a connection to the ‘net for a fee. That’s all.

By: Zoltan

Zoltan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:03:42 +0000

You can opt-out of the Comcast hijacking service by clicking the “Disable this error service” link on the hijacked page.

Don’t forget to restart your router if you use one.

More info: https://dns-opt-out.comcast.net/help-index.php

By: Chris Widner

Chris Widner — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:21:56 +0000

With our Internet Guide from Dyn Inc., you can disable the NXDOMAIN redirection. Plus, if you feel like blocking certain sites, you can do that too: http://dyn.com/internetguide

By: Feross Aboukhadijeh

Feross Aboukhadijeh — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:08:34 +0000

What was the issue with the Comcast toolbar? Why couldn't visitors see your website? If you need help changing your default search provider in IE, you should look at Spybot or CCleaner -- both are excellent programs that I install right away on any new Windows PC.