Re: [FreeDNS] Why use FreeDNS?

["Roger Day" <roger@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Samuel and others,

It is not so much about whether we know the pros or cons....  the 
fact is that sooner or later things need to change on the Internet  
and we cannot always plan these changes weeks in advance.  Another 
fact is that our lives (as well as those of our customers that WE 
look after) begin to rely to a greater or lesser extent on Internet 
services.....

When things go wrong life can be quite miserable and waiting (up to 5
WEEKS in my case) for updates to happen makes it much worse.  This is
especially bad in the light of _several_ offers of assistance in
processing the update queue*.  Also what happened to the suggestion 
of a 'premium' service (at say ~R50/year - which I will GLADLY pay) 
to ensure updates within say 48/72 hours....  ??

It is no good telling us "it takes a long time" when there have been 
these offers of assistance and other solutions.  If the normal 
waiting time was less than 7 days that would be OK - but it is not. 

Now - I renew my offer to assist and I am sure  that other offers of 
assistance still stand.

Thanks for what is already done -- it is appreciated!

Regards


Roger


* I am well aware that this cannot be done by just any Tom, Dick or 
Harry and would require a level of ability AND responsibility.





On 29 Oct 2006 at 18:06, Samuel Murray wrote:

> G'day everyone
> 
> Here's just a question for general discussion.  Why do you think
> people want to use FreeDNS, or why do you think people should rather
> not use FreeDNS?  In other words, what are the pros and cons (but
> viewed subjectively instead of objectively)?
> 
> Pros:
> * It's free (and so no worrying about payments)
> * It shows your support of the libre culture
> * You might not be identified by bots as South African
> 
> Cons:
> * Updating your nameservers can take long
> * You might not be identified by bots as South African
> * Confusion over the phone when you say your domain name
> 
> Your comments?
> 
> As for confusion over the phone, I have actually experienced this when
> a client of the business I work for, phoned in his e-mail address, and
> the secretary wrote such-and-such.co.za, and after much confusion of
> undeliverable mail, it turned out to have been such-and-such.za.net.
> Often, people listen with only half an ear when they're expecting to
> hear a certain something. :-)
> 
> As for the bot identification, one of my web sites was rejected by a
> South African search engine/directory because the domain name doesn't
> end on "za".  But after a nice e-mail to the directory's
> administrator, explaining what the FreeDNS is, sites from za.net and
> za.org are now also considered "South African" by that directory's
> bot.
> 
> Samuel
> 
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