Comments on: Seven Reasons to Switch to OpenDNS http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Roberts http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html/comment-page-1#comment-13778 John Roberts Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:26:43 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html#comment-13778 Regarding free, not sure we can put it more plainly than this. http://www.opendns.com/support/article/14 OpenDNS makes money by offering clearly labeled advertisements alongside organic search results when the domain entered is not valid and not a typo we can fix. OpenDNS will provide additional services on top of its enhanced DNS service, and some of them may cost money. Speedy, reliable DNS will always be free. John Roberts OpenDNS Regarding free, not sure we can put it more plainly than this.

http://www.opendns.com/support/article/14

OpenDNS makes money by offering clearly labeled advertisements alongside organic search results when the domain entered is not valid and not a typo we can fix. OpenDNS will provide additional services on top of its enhanced DNS service, and some of them may cost money. Speedy, reliable DNS will always be free.

John Roberts
OpenDNS

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html/comment-page-1#comment-13719 David Bradley Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:25:22 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html#comment-13719 Josh, you're right, you can do much of what OpenDNS does with a personal DNS server. I suspect the improved speeds you get because of their DNS caching will be better than a personal server though. I hope to discover from OpenDNS itself whether there is a point in the future at which the system will no longer be "free". At the moment it is monetized by serving ads when the system cannot find a site you hoped to browse. db Josh, you’re right, you can do much of what OpenDNS does with a personal DNS server. I suspect the improved speeds you get because of their DNS caching will be better than a personal server though.

I hope to discover from OpenDNS itself whether there is a point in the future at which the system will no longer be “free”. At the moment it is monetized by serving ads when the system cannot find a site you hoped to browse.

db

]]> By: Josh http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html/comment-page-1#comment-13640 Josh Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:20:07 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/seven-reasons-to-switch-to-opendns.html#comment-13640 You can also do this yourself (without dependancy on a currently "free" service provider) by using internal DNS software such as DNS Redirector You can also do this yourself (without dependancy on a currently “free” service provider) by using internal DNS software such as DNS Redirector

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