MediaOne dns problems

[Randall Hofland]

Gee, then I look forward to the day when I get broadband for free (or almost
so) with the usual hassles as free dialup and can pay just $30-40 a month to
have a decently fast fixed IP service. I have a hard time understanding why
"broadband" at 3-5 times the cost of my current $10 a month unlimited dial up
service should have the same crappy level of service as my dialup sometimes
does. Maybe we are just expecting too little and getting what we deserve, just
as we do with the POTS and all of the other government regulated services that
enjoy monopoly powers and government style service.

Chris Janicki wrote:

> Hey folks, you're not *paying* for a static IP address or even DNS
> service.  What do you expect?  For $30-$50/mo you're only supposed to be
> surfing the web, not serving it.  Their renumbering/DNS issues have no
> effect (besides a minute of downtime) on the service provided to a
> surfer-only.
>
> Their bandwidth isn't unlimited, so if it gets chewed up by home-grown
> servers then they'll have to deploy more facilities, raising the cost for
> everyone.  If the technology was in place I wouldn't be surprised if they
> changed your IP/DNS daily.
>
> If you want to serve, try SDSL, or maybe co-locate.  Maybe BLU members
> could organize to share a co-located server, splitting the
> costs/resources, thereby bringing the price down to something manageable?
>  It would probably be a great experience for a sys admin, and users would
> have a taste of the real world where computing resources are shared more
> and more (since computing power is growing quicker than needs).
>
> Chris
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 4/9/01, 8:58:48 AM, "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org> wrote regarding Re:
> MediaOne dns problems:
>
> > I agree. They still act as they were a phone company. Back when they
> > were Continental Cablevision, the DNS was updated manually, and if you
> > were renumbered, there was a problem. As I understand it it is now
> > automated. But, normally, it takes a while for DNS to propagate.
>
> > On 9 Apr 2001, at 8:14, Randall Hofland wrote:
>
> > >     I begin to wonder whether they are unable or just unwilling to
> > > update their
> > > DNS immediately upon IP address renumbering. Either way,  are they not
> > > in fact as
> > > well in substance harrassing their clients because of their use of their
> > > service?
> > > Why should any client with a full time service be repeatedly
> > > 'renumbered"? And 12
> > > hours is more than a little unacceptable for their DNS to relocate your
> > > services
> > > for the net.
> > >
> > Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> > Associate Director
> > Boston Linux and Unix user group
> > http://www.blu.org
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