Comcast Internet Outage Hits Minneapolis-St. Paul

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A four-hour Internet outage on Sunday night affected many Comcast customers living in the Midwest, including those in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area.

Reports of the failure began circulating between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. on Sunday night, the Star Tribune reported. It is unknown how many customers were affected.

This outage involved Comcast's Domain Name System (DNS) servers, according to PC Mag.

The Star Tribune reports that service was restored around midnight.

Sources:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373899,00.asp
http://www.startribune.com/science/111360869.html?elr=KArks:DCiUo3PD:3D_V_qD3L:c7cQKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

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