# Did the terrorists bomb half of the internet or something?

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**Created:** [August 24, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-terrorists-bomb-half-of-the-internet-or-something/696337 "2014-08-24T01:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-terrorists-bomb-half-of-the-internet-or-something/696337/21 "2014-08-25T19:23:23Z")

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Yeah, I finally found out this morning what was going on. Asshats.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-terrorists-bomb-half-of-the-internet-or-something/696337/22 "2014-08-25T19:44:18Z")

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> [@wedgehed](#):
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> I have Charter internet service here in Georgia. My internet was down for several hours this evening. I also have TV & phone with Charter; they were OK.

Ditto for me in WI.

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**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-terrorists-bomb-half-of-the-internet-or-something/696337/23 "2014-08-25T19:59:42Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Ditto for me in WI.

I’m in northern Georgia as well, and haven’t had any issues. A local friend of mine called Sat evening because his was out. Turned out to be DNS related. As soon as I had him specify 8.8.8.8 as his DNS, he was golden. Mine has been set that way for a while because I kept having issues resolving addresses.

Charter is rarely down for me, and has great speeds. But their DNS server needs to be shot.

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