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Several websites stopped working at around 10:00 AM today through my 5G Home Broadband

Luigi
Regular

Access to several websites, including dropbox.com, stopped working in the morning today. I've restarted my 5G Home Broadband router but that didn't help. I can access the affected websites over my mobile connection with a different provider.

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pfalkingham
Active

As far as I can tell, it's DNS capture by three. 

Three seems to be intercepting DNS traffic on port 53, even if you set custom DNS. Unless you’re using DNS-over-HTTPS or a VPN, your queries are still going through Three’s resolvers. Try running nslookup github.com If the “Server” line shows something like 94.197.33.33 or 2a04:…, that’s Three’s DNS.

If you force nslookup github.com 8.8.8.8, it’ll probably work, which proves the intercept:

PS C:\Users\pfalk> nslookup github.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 2a04:4a45:9:b:188:31:250:128

*** UnKnown can't find github.com: No response from server


PS C:\Users\pfalk> nslookup github.com 8.8.8.8
Server: dns.google
Address: 8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: github.com
Address: 20.26.156.215

nelnelhk
Active

It happens to me too! I can fix it my using VPN app ... Sounds so strange

Wwwally
Fledgling

Me too. Dropbox will not sync. Scanner stopped working to email. wigle.net and pgdp.net sites are inaccessible (just timeout). First detected late morning Friday 10/10/25

Reboot does not solve. Most webpages and apps are working fine, Just a select few not.

I'm using a Three home broadband 4G SIM.

Longwater
Fledgling

Seems to have started happening for multiple people around the same time, suggesting something systemic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThreeUK/comments/1o3axvw/anyone_else_with_massive_dns_issues_today_home/

Longwater
Fledgling

This exact same thing just started happening to me around that time Friday Friday morning with 3 Home Broadband. Some websites are loading just fine, others randomly will not connect at all that normally do without issue, though if I VPN I can connect to them fine again. Also having issues with connected devices, e.g. Amazon Firestick not being able to connect all day.

Luigi
Regular

This occasionally happens on the same day of the month I subscribed, as if a configuration was not correctly carried forward. I used the web chat for assistance and the issue was not resolved after yet another router restart, at which point the chat service was also not available until next morning:

Agent: I would request you to please restart the hub once.
You: If I restart the hub, this connection will drop. Is that okay?
Agent: Yes no problem.
Agent: Once you restart the hub, you will be able to access the services
You: Will I need an SMS with a link to rejoin after I restart the hub?
Agent: Yes I will sent it to your notification number
You: Thank you. As soon as I get the link I will restart the hub.
Agent: Once you restart the hub and if the chat drop then I will be able to sent you that link
Agent: Do not worry you can restart the hub now and once done check your services.
You: Okay. Restarting now.
Agent: Thank you
Agent: It looks like we’ve been disconnected, so I will close the chat. You can use the same link to chat again at a more convenient time. Our chat support is available from 9am-8pm on weekdays and from 9am-6pm on weekends.