what do they do to hack a modem? On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > No. Cox has to provision your connection for Internet service and add your > modem to the allowed list. Free DNS servers does not equal free Internet. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 20, 2009, at 10:07 PM, mike havens wrote: > > Could I go out and purchase a modem, hook it up to a coax connected to the > cable system (which is being paid for), and then have free internet > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:00 AM, mike havens < > bmike1@gmail.com> wrote: > >> They are public? How do you mean; they are free to use? If that is so how >> do you access them? >> >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Kurt Granroth < >> kurt+plug-discuss@granroth.com> wrote: >> >>> On 5/19/09 3:54 AM, mike havens wrote: >>> > I want to find out all that I can about a certain Domain Name Server. >>> > Unfortunately, I do not have linux on my computer so I will have to ask >>> > someone to do this for me. The DNS is 4.2.2.2 or 4.2.2.1 >>> >>> Those are probably the best known public DNS servers on the 'net. My >>> memory is a little fuzzy but from what I remember reading years back, >>> they were some of the original DARPA DNS servers. They then got passed >>> between several network companies, always remaining public. At some >>> point, they were owned by Verizon and Level 3... one or both might still >>> own them. >>> >>> They've been popular for several reasons: >>> 1. Public >>> 2. Very fast >>> 3. Been around possibly since before the Internet was the Internet >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: