jryden:  It happens frequently that I cannot access the site for brief periods, and it always has, but nothing that would interfere with making timely moves in my games.  But then, I don't generally play games with time limits more restrictive than 2 days/regular weekends/regular vacations.

alanback: Yeah, I have had these problems too. But this is different. The site is up, I can access with the IP address. I just can't resolve brainking.com. Did the IP address change during the recent maintenance. Perhaps not all DNS servers were correctly updated with change.

jryden:My friend MightyOrion is having that same problem ( can not get to the site at all/be able to log in)..... his ISP is through ATT & he called them today , they say it is a Brainking problem & is not a problem on thier end ...... he has been calling me 2 or 3 times a day to see if the site is up or down .... any ideas how to fix this for him?..... I hope Fencer is awhere that there are people that can not get onto the site .... let alone be able to log in ...... he can not even email this problem  because he can not get on the site  or even the blog site . I hope this problem gets resolved soon this is a great site & I would hate to see people lose faith in the service here ..... there are great people here & great fun for all!

Fstop: If you talk to your friend, tell them to go to : http://89.187.130.22

That is the IP address of the site, and if they are having a DNS problem - the IP should work. (if the IP is not working, then it is possible a site problem)

coan.net: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
It has been over a week since I started having problems. Like FStop said, I've tried countless times getting to... http://www.brainking.com and http://brainking.com to no avail. Although one night, (after the bk server switch over) I got in only after linking to a non english bk site from google... linking to another non english bk site from that site and then linking from there to the brainking.com site. It only lasted for an hour and that way and it never worked again. I tried clearing cookies and temp files on 3 different computers with no luck. And then finally calling att.net (my provider) and after 24 minutes with them they informed me it was a problem with the web site and not their system. They said it is a web site problem with the route that the information takes to get to my ip address and the web site not communicating properly. Anyway, I'm happy to be able to catch up on the games and that I had vacation days. So, what if I didn't have any days available and I timed out. Wouldn't it be easier to have suspended all timing on all games until this issue(s) gets resolved?
Anyway... thanks for your help! Very much appreciated!