info on a DNS

[Jon M. Hanson]

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.

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On May 20, 2009, at 10:07 PM, mike havens <bmike1 at 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 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 
> > 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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