When Andy suggest you use OpenDNS or Google DNS he is suggesting you make a change to your network setup.
ISP's provide their customers a DNS server to use. On Windows you can see which DNS server you are using by opening a command line window. On Vista/Win7 click Start or press the Windows key and type CMD, you'll see cmd.exe come up in the menu, press Enter and a command line window opens.
Type in nslookup and press enter. You'll get some text back, Default Server: cdns1.cox.net is what I see.
Type in guildofmaintainers.org and you should get an answer back like:
Code:
Server: cdns1.cox.net
Address: 68.105.28.11
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: guildofmaintainers.org
Address: 174.132.30.178
If you type in: server 8.8.8.8 you should see your system change to Google. (This will stay in effect until your next reboot.)
Code:
Default Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8
Use the up-arrow to scroll your entry line back to guildofmaintainers.org or just retype it and press enter. You should see output like:
Code:
> guildofmaintainers.org
Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: guildofmaintainers.org
Address: 174.132.30.178
If the GoMa addresses your provider and Google do not match (174.132.30.178) your DNS service provider is slow updating.
You can probably improve your online experience by changing to Google DNS. See the Intructions at Google for permanently changing your DNS server.