How about this: A friend has Cox internet service, but sends so many emails they want her to pay for a business connection - way too much $. Could she connect to internet, then and send / receive email via these servers? At 10:26 PM 5/20/2009, you 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 ><bmike1@gmail.com> 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