free DNS options

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Bill Horne wrote:
> While it's only $10/year for the domain name, it's $10/Month for my ISP 
> to provide the DNS service...
> Since GoDaddy includes email and web forwarding with their basic price...

GoDaddy includes DNS too. Their DNS offering is not perfect in terms of 
the types of records it supports, but it is better than what many ISPs 
offer.

However I've grown weary of GoDaddy's less than attractive renewal 
pricing (if you factor in the cost of the privacy service) compared to 
the competition, and am migrating my domains elsewhere. Dreamhost, for 
example, charges a simple $10 with privacy - same price for renewals as 
the initial order, and no in-your-face loss-leader promotions. They 
include DNS too, I believe. (I know the DNS they include with their web 
hosting packages exceeds what GoDaddy offers.)

If you just want a DNS service for your domain, there are other low cost 
- maybe even free (I have one domain grandfathered at DynDNS from back 
when they offered free DNS) - options. ZoneEdit looks like one worth 
checking out.

  -Tom

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