Neotel website down?

Seems that their own DNS server died

Code:
@:~$ dig +trace [url]www.neotel.co.za[/url]

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P1 <<>> +trace [url]www.neotel.co.za[/url]
;; global options:  printcmd
.                       408797  IN      NS      g.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      h.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      i.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      l.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      m.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      b.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      c.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      d.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      e.root-servers.net.
.                       408797  IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
;; Received 272 bytes from 196.207.32.83#53(196.207.32.83) in 2889 ms

za.                     172800  IN      NS      UCTHPX.UCT.AC.za.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      AUTH00.NS.UU.NET.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      NS1.DNS.AQ.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      NS-ZA.RIPE.NET.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      NS-EXT.ISC.ORG.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      NSZA.IS.co.za.
za.                     172800  IN      NS      HIPPO.RU.AC.za.
;; Received 410 bytes from 192.5.5.241#53(f.root-servers.net) in 828 ms

co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns4.iafrica.com.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns2.coza.net.za.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns0.plig.net.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns0.is.co.za.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns1.coza.net.za.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns.coza.net.za.
co.za.                  86400   IN      NS      ns0.neotel.co.za.
;; Received 282 bytes from 193.0.12.205#53(NS-ZA.RIPE.NET) in 8280 ms

neotel.co.za.           86400   IN      NS      ns3.neotelza.net.
neotel.co.za.           86400   IN      NS      ns0.neotel.co.za.
neotel.co.za.           86400   IN      NS      ns1.neotelza.net.
neotel.co.za.           86400   IN      NS      ns2.neotel.co.za.
;; Received 182 bytes from 196.4.160.17#53(ns0.is.co.za) in 6824 ms

dig: couldn't get address for 'ns2.neotel.co.za': not found

:~$ dig ns3.neotelza.net.

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P1 <<>> ns3.neotelza.net.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2159
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns3.neotelza.net.              IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ns3.neotelza.net.       171776  IN      A       41.164.0.4

;; Query time: 536 msec
;; SERVER: 196.207.32.83#53(196.207.32.83)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug  5 12:28:48 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 50

@:~$ dig [url]www.neotel.co.za[/url] @41.164.0.4

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2-P1 <<>> [url]www.neotel.co.za[/url] @41.164.0.4
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
 
Available Internationally

Seems the DNS Servers are available via international links.
Perhaps local peering?
 
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