Good thirdparty dns host? Except Ultradns
 

Can anyone recommend a good thirdparty dns host?

I would like to be independent on the registrars dns system, and in the same time use a commonly used dns host to probably save a dns lookup for the name servers.

Do you know any?

I'd like to know the same thing

Bump for a good question.

Ultradns just called me again.

I gave them the amount of domains and monthly visitors.

They quoted me a price on $2000/month. That's $24,000 a year.

Compared to that you get almost the same service for free with a registrar then it's very difficulty to take that offer serious.

What would you be willing to pay for a thirdparty dns hosting service?

I think I would be willing to pay something like $100 a year pr 500 domains with unlimited traffic.

zoneedit.com

free up to 5 domains

If you have your own dedicated box why not setup your own?

If there was a well known host a many domains used, then it could save a dns lookup because the surfers computer would already know the IP for the dns host.

If we use our own, then the surfers computer would have to make a dns lookup for our dns server, before it can request the domain info it really needs.

But yes, you got a good point.
We might end up starting a dns hosting service or something if we don't find a good one already there.

http://afraid.org/ is the best and it's free.