MediaOne dns problems

[Janicki at ia-inc.com (Chris Janicki)]

Hey folks, you're not *paying* for a static IP address or even DNS 
service.  What do you expect?  For $30-$50/mo you're only supposed to be 
surfing the web, not serving it.  Their renumbering/DNS issues have no 
effect (besides a minute of downtime) on the service provided to a 
surfer-only.  

Their bandwidth isn't unlimited, so if it gets chewed up by home-grown 
servers then they'll have to deploy more facilities, raising the cost for 
everyone.  If the technology was in place I wouldn't be surprised if they 
changed your IP/DNS daily.

If you want to serve, try SDSL, or maybe co-locate.  Maybe BLU members 
could organize to share a co-located server, splitting the 
costs/resources, thereby bringing the price down to something manageable? 
 It would probably be a great experience for a sys admin, and users would 
have a taste of the real world where computing resources are shared more 
and more (since computing power is growing quicker than needs).

Chris

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 4/9/01, 8:58:48 AM, "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org> wrote regarding Re: 
MediaOne dns problems:


> I agree. They still act as they were a phone company. Back when they
> were Continental Cablevision, the DNS was updated manually, and if you
> were renumbered, there was a problem. As I understand it it is now
> automated. But, normally, it takes a while for DNS to propagate.


> On 9 Apr 2001, at 8:14, Randall Hofland wrote:

> >     I begin to wonder whether they are unable or just unwilling to
> > update their
> > DNS immediately upon IP address renumbering. Either way,  are they not
> > in fact as
> > well in substance harrassing their clients because of their use of their
> > service?
> > Why should any client with a full time service be repeatedly
> > 'renumbered"? And 12
> > hours is more than a little unacceptable for their DNS to relocate your
> > services
> > for the net.
> >
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Associate Director
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org
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