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join:2008-04-26
Madera, CA | Re: Open DNS is OK I use OpenDNS, I have it set up for my router, that way I can protect all of the laptops that connect to my router. | |
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satellite68
join:2007-04-11
Louisville, KY | sign me up maybe i'll start my own dns provider...! | |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  Good for them
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hurleyp
join:2000-06-20
Ottawa, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Re: Good for them I agree - good for them. I've been using OpenDNS for almost 2 years and I'm quite happy with their service. It's a "set and forget" network setting. 
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BK3
join:2001-04-10
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| I use OpenDNS I use it at home to help me protect the kids from inappropriate web sites. It works well for this.
My church also uses it, for the same reason, for the school ministry.
Note: This is not the only protection, but a part of it. Parental supervision at home and random monitoring at the school also play a part.
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jagged
join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Good for them I like their service a lot
Nice to see they are getting something in return and are less likely to go extinct | |
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH | How much is profit? So it's a little over 7 million a year; nice but not really impressive. The real question is how much of that goes to overhead and how much do they keep? | |
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | Re: How much is profit? Impressive if I could make such money... | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by Emiya  :So it's a little over 7 million a year; nice but not really impressive. The real question is how much of that goes to overhead and how much do they keep? Now you see why isps are into the redir game!
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
 ·ViaTalk
| Sheesh.... It's about time someone started beating down these evil corporations -- clearly they're charging too much if they're making these obscene profits. All they're doing is DNS, they shouldn't be able to profit that much from that! Oh, and a windfall profits tax is clearly in order.
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meh37
@verizon.net | Re: Sheesh.... You forgot to include a '/sarcasm' tag... someone might think you're serious (instead of jesting).  | |
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NyQuil Kid
8f The Nyquil Kid
join:2001-01-06
Brick, NJ | Re: Sheesh.... The tragic thing is that someone WOULD think he was being serious and actually agree with the statement.
[8F] The NyQuil Kid | |
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Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Re: Sheesh.... DSLR news much? If you do you'll get the joke. | |
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Selenia
join:2006-09-22
Pittsfield, MA
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
| They deserve to be compensated but... I still won't use them. I fully understand they provide a free service and that DNS redirection is probably one of their main sources of revenue. I don't like DNS redirection and try to avoid any server that uses it, but I wouldn't condemn OpenDNS for it.
I condemn ISPs because you are paying for their service. Paying for it to work properly as the protocol describes, right out of the box. Many would expect that. But let's see...DHCP give you your ISP DNS servers because DHCP did its job(by default) and now instead of getting proper errors, you get to see your ISP double dip.
This is opt out because you're opted in the moment DHCP obtains your ISP DNS servers. In OpenDNS's case, you have to manually opt-in by pointing to their servers and they still provide the standard ISP opt-out option after that.
I would still use another alternative DNS that doesn't redirect. I wonder if the name makes OpenDNS so popular. I do tend to wonder, given the number of other alternative DNS servers. I use Level3's myself. Nice clean 404 error for any app. Even those that don't use cookies. | |
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join:2006-09-22
Pittsfield, MA
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: They deserve to be compensated but... said by TKJunkMail :said by Selenia :I would still use another alternative DNS that doesn't redirect. I wonder if the name makes OpenDNS so popular. I do tend to wonder, given the number of other alternative DNS servers. I use Level3's myself. Nice clean 404 error for any app. Even those that don't use cookies. You can use OpenDNS and still get clean 404 errors: » You can use OpenDNS without redirection to ad page ... But options like that would be tracked by cookies. Correct me if I'm wrong on that, but that would still make it an issue for various apps that debug based on the errors they receive(like by purging an address from their cache) because they will not be using cookies like a browser would. | |
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CCNnorthcali
join:2004-03-07
Tempe, AZ
clubs:
| Re: They deserve to be compensated but... I think it is actually tracked by your IP address. I have a server at home that keeps OpenDNS up to date on whenever my dynamic IP changes, so it's not an issue for me and then I get some cool stats to look at. I still use their redirection pages because sometimes they are useful for me and I also appreciate the service. | |
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lordofwhee
join:2007-10-21
Everett, WA | I use them I use them just in case Comcast decides to start screwing with DNS, and for when Comcast's servers just don't respond (which happened all to frequently).
It'd be nice if DNS redirection was opt-in, but whatever. | |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA | Another Winner I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. | |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| Re: Another Winner said by jmn1207 :I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. Treewalk still doesn't have an approved Windows Vista version out, though some have got it to work with Vista.
I used to use Treewalk with xp but found I no longer need it. Between DNS caches in the browser(FF) and in the OS(Vista) and the high availability and reliability of OpenDNS, I found I just didn't need Treewalk to resolve domains quickly.
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jmn1207
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join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Another Winner said by TKJunkMail :said by jmn1207 :I have been using Treewalk with OpenDNS forwarders for quite some time now. I would hunt for a low latency forwarder, but OpenDNS has been very reliable, so I don't bother anymore. Treewalk still doesn't have an approved Windows Vista version out, though some have got it to work with Vista. I used to use Treewalk with xp but found I no longer need it. Between DNS caches in the browser(FF) and in the OS(Vista) and the high availability and reliability of OpenDNS, I found I just didn't need Treewalk to resolve domains quickly. I found I just didn't need Vista, to do a lot of things quickly. | |
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CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| Interesting, but I won't need them I'd rather run my own full resolver here. The only DNS server you can trust is the one you own.
And when all else fails, and I need to use another resolver, I use the king of caching nameservers - 4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.5. I've been using that one as a fall back every since someone lost the network settings for a device and we didn't have the ISP's DNS server IPs.
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kmcheng
join:2002-02-12
Elmhurst, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| good and free DNS service OpenDNS is pretty good.
first, it is free. second, you have more control over the DNS setting when you apply for an account.
Yeah, it sucks to pay the ISP but not using their DNS. But when there is a better and free DNS service than the ISP's one, why not use it? | |
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Stojko
Premium
join:2007-10-20
St John'S, NL
·NBTel now Aliant
| I use OpenDNS ...and it hasn't failed me yet. A while ago when I reinstalled XP I forgot to set my DNS servers back to OpenDNS and I logged onto the internet and of course Aliant's DNS servers must have been down again since no websites would resolve. I used my cell phone's browser to get the IP addresses for OpenDNS's servers and entered them and the internet has been fine ever since, and I find that it's a bit faster aswell. | |
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join:2008-10-06 |  Privacy
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