joslop500
@rr.com | I switched
I had never used OpenDNS until Monday when my internet died. I have to say it's a pretty good service. Besides the obvious DNS stability, the speeds are the same, plus you get a lot of cool features like filtering, stats, and more. |
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Prespd
join:2004-03-10
San Diego, CA
| out in San Diego 92128 area
I lost my RR connection in San Diego, not part of the SoCal network late at night say between 11PM-2AM. Finally gave up and went to sleep. Next morning it was back up. So at least part of the SD area was affected, and we have lots of people down here. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
|  $20,000 a day?
Hrm, I wonder if Time Warner were to eliminate all Residential DNS servers how much that would save them? My guess is it would approach that amount.
Regardless, I've been using OpenDNS for a while here and I find it very speedy and always up. I hate the DNS redirection stuff though, so all that is turned off. |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
1 edit | Too bad opendns is redirected to Sprint's servers on their EVDO network.. |
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hurleyp
join:2000-06-20
Ottawa, ON | A Satisfied Customer
I've been using OpenDNS for about 2 years and I'm quite pleased with the service. It's a "set it and forget it" option that works quite nicely.
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own." |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs: | reply to avd706
Re: $20,000 a day?
caching dns on your home router FTW !
I do it on mine  |
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jnc2000
Premium
join:2003-08-05
Akron, OH | Rock on!
Been using OpenDNS since late 2006. Haven't looked back since. |
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maartena
Stacked.
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Using it.
I put OpenDNS in my router's config as forwarders, all workstations are pointing to it for DNS, and haven't looked back.
I live in the SoCal area, and switched when DNS problems happened about 6 or 7 months ago. Works mighty fine.
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: $20,000 a day?
said by BosstonesOwn  :caching dns on your home router FTW ! I do it on mine I run one as well, but your caching DNS server still has to talk to another outside DNS server. (Forwarding) Where do you think the caching DNS server gets it's answers? |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | I use it at my office
Filtering options come in handy. |
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19 | Pffffffft
ISP had continual DNS outtages and that's what prompted me to switch to OpenDNS. There isn't a reaon for me to go back. And the nanosecond either FiOS or UVerse comes along, I'll be dropping the current provider as well. Suck on that, Cox. |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
| Why would the ISP care
You say that money is going to opendns that could be going to the ISP
I see that as false
the ISP doesn't really care if you use theirs or not
it makes no differance other than having a lower load on their DNS servers if you use opendns
however I just run my own DNS server that looks the the root dns servers |
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dcurrey
Premium
join:2004-06-29 | They will block it.
If they continue to lose customers/income they will invent some lame excuse to force people to use isp dns servers and either block or redirect packets to them.
Excuse will be National Security or to prevent child porn. |
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TamaraB
Question The Current Paradigm
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Brooklyn NYC
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Matt
Re: $20,000 a day?
said by Matt :... Where do you think the caching DNS server gets it's answers? Directly from the ROOT servers, totally bypassing your ISP. The root server points you directly to the authoritative DNS server of the domain you want to access.
Bob
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Motor Vessel - Tamara B.
43' Long-Range Trawler
Cape Elizebeth ME.
See her Here. |
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Rogerquake
join:2002-01-12
Fort Lauderdale, FL | run a local DNS resolver
everyone should just run their own local caching DNS server.. Problem Solved |
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rahlquist
Redeye
join:2001-10-30
Villa Rica, GA
| Dont Squack too loud about this
If everyone jumps this bandwagon then we are likely to see ISP's block outbound DNS queries from their network that dont originate form their own servers (traffic costs money dontcha know). So while millions may switch, it may not be free/available forever.
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Fed Up With Stupidity?
Patentlystupid.com |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| reply to DarkLogix
Re: Why would the ISP care
It does if the ISP uses sponsored DNS redirection. (i.e. If they redirect mistyped urls to a cute page that says you typed an incorrect name and that page has sponsored advertisements/pop-ups.)
If this revenue is significant, they may choose to degrade the performance of "external" DNS queries (those that leave their internal network) or block them entirely as some ISPs do with Bit Torrent and SMTP, respectively. |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | well if they did that
but I think it should be required that ISP dns be true to the Root servers and unchanged in anyway
(well maybe if the page entered doesn't exist then) |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to TamaraB
Re: $20,000 a day?
said by TamaraB :said by Matt :... Where do you think the caching DNS server gets it's answers? Directly from the ROOT servers, totally bypassing your ISP. The root server points you directly to the authoritative DNS server of the domain you want to access. Bob You're correct. I was confusing a caching name server with a name server that is authoritative for a specific zone. If you have a zone configured, your name server requires a forwarder for all zones it's not authoritative for.
I run DNS for my LAN, which was causing my confusion. |
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DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | reply to Rogerquake
Re: run a local DNS resolver
ya everyone should just run a bind9 dns server out of their house and not worry about ISP dns or opendns |
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