I can second that.  Installing the caching-nameserver package was
something I did for the heck of it under @Home.  Under Cox, it's been a
life saver.  (And so has a quickly uncommentable static IP config in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.)

"Robert A. Klahn" wrote:
> 
> I gotta say, I have had a lot fewer issues with COX sence I have switched to running my own name service (bind) rather than using theirs. I was noticing very bad response times from their DNS servers over time.
> 
> Now, I admit this has nothing to do with DHCP, but it needed to be said. :)
> 
> Bob.
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:11:28 -0700
> Digital Wokan <wokan@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > I did it through my Linux gateway as well.  That's probably why I'm able
> > to respond today (after having absolutely *NO* connectivity yesterday).
> > This whole Cox.net switchover is the perfect proof why we need to be
> > able to choose our ISP.