Alan,
    It's not actually a DNS issue, it's a case of EV1 (the host for PLUG) using a self-developed firewall solution (they boast about it on their site quite a bit).  Their solution does a LOT if IP blocking, and it seems to include a large percentage of broadband IP's, probably because those IP's occasionally rotate, and over 2/3 of the home broadband users are now DDOS/SPAM zombies, so chances are that, even if your system is secure, the previous user of your IP address got it blocked due to acting as a DDOS/SPAM Zombie.

Alan Dayley wrote: 
This was dicussed in the recent past and is now coming to a head again. 
Evidently some people have problems getting to the PLUG website.  It
usually manifests as DNS failures (ie. "host not found") or timeouts. 
Previous discussions have pointed to a problem with a particular section
of the Cox network which would mean that those with the problem are
probably all using Cox connections.

We need to get a handle on this and figure out what, if anything, can be
done about it.  Please, let's discuss some data points.  If you have
problems reaching the PLUG website, http://plug.phoenix.az.us, please
report the following:

What error do you get or what is the failure mode?

Who is your ISP?

How do you connect to the internet?

Is the problem consistent or intermittant?

Please add to this if I am asking the wrong or not enough questions.  We
want everyone to be able to reach the site.

Alan



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