info on a DNS

[mike havens]

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 at 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 at granroth.com <kurt%2Bplug-discuss at 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
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