when part of net down why are some sites down?

[poojablr5]

i thought the great thing about a network like the internet was that u cannot kill it by harming part of it ... might become slower but other routers take on the job of affected routers ...so why is it that a lot of sites like paypal . com santaletternow freetext . com are not working since friday?using bsnl in Bangalore

 

[iChaitanya]

Have patience till 31st december. All cables should be up and working by then.

 

[poojablr5]

No patience was not the answer at all bad analysis.Got the answer elsewhere:May be there is some problem in the dns servers you are using. Try using opendns servers. Visit opendns.com, set ur dns to