Safari in Leopard does not automatically add .com

I have an annoying problem in Leopard where typing a domain name and pressing return does not add www. and .com on and instead re-directs me to a page by my internet provider, Verizon, with a list of links. This does not happen in Tiger in the macbook even in the same household. Is there a workaround if it's an ISP issue with Leopard?

 

Sorry. Didn't find it in my search. Please delete thread.

 

Actually, that thread doesn't solve anything. I do not observe this problem in Tiger so it appears to be a Leopard issue. Does anybody have a workaround?

 

Thanks. I will try it when I get home.

 

I changed DNS to openDNS and it's a good workaround. However, it seems to slow loading speed considerably as it first directs the page to http://guide.opendns.com/?url:domainname before going to http://www.domainname.com. Safari in Tiger doesn't seem to do that and instead automatically adds www. and .com to the domain name. Is this a feature (or lack thereof) of Safari 3 in Leopard?