So I reformatted my HD and put in a brand new fresh copy of WinXP and spent over four hours installing all the BS needed. After its all said and done i jump on IE and try to go to DF---- NOTHING!!! Same shit.... so I call Qwest seeing as I use thier DSL service and they gaurantee that it is not thier fault I cannot go there. So I download Mozilla Firefox and try with that and NOTHING again. So I am using a proxy in Firefox again. If anyone has ANY idea why this would be fucking up like this please let me know.

You're online, just not able to reach DF..right? hmm, perhaps Qwest's routing tables got bitched... if so, it's something beyond your control. It happened once with RoadRunner and I couldn't reach Hotmail or MSN for almost a week. That's the only thing I can think of that would stop you after a fresh install. I would contact them again, raise holy hell.. and ask to speak with tier 2, or whatever support they have above the base agents.

also, type this from the command prompt:

tracert www.darkforum.com

with the results of the trace route, see if the connection is even making it out of your ISP, or just where the connection is timing out... that way you've got some info to give tier 2 support.. and they'll know you're not some braindead person calling in to complain.

hopefully that helps.

It times out.. i tried that.. and yeah thats my next option i am going to call them when i have the time and bitch thier rat asses out.....