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I used to be on EasyDNS and they got acquired by DynDNS many years back. They really have been trying to kick off the free users for a long time. Anyone who's h
by unreal37 13y ago
I used to be on EasyDNS and they got acquired by DynDNS many years back. They really have been trying to kick off the free users for a long time. Anyone who's hung on til now is a survivor.
They dropped from 5 free hostnames to 2, in 2010. And they have been enforcing this "log into your account monthly" since at least that time. Not 1 year, but at least 4 years or more. That's how I lost my free hostname - because I missed a month. Thanks Dyn!
- Jailbird 13y agoSame issue here but I have set a reminder for every 2 weeks and luckily haven't missed. I have my parents' old router set to use this - and really have no good way out. I guess I give 'em money. Oh well.
- NoPiece 13y agoThey also removed a bunch of domains from their free tier a few years ago. This may help them drive some revenue in the short term, but long term I it is going to make customer acquisition a lot harder. I just switched over to no-ip.com...
- dchuk 13y agoWhat exactly do you expect from a free service? Seems like they're doing more than enough to accommodate you, a user who makes them nothing while costing them something.
- unreal37 13y agoFair enough. What I expect is that a company should either offer a free service and serve those customers well, or not offer it at all. Offering a free service, but then being hostile to those people each and every month, is the worst of the options they could take. My 2 cents. Lots of other companies, including my domain registrar, offer this service for free too.
- davidu 13y agoeverydns, not easydns.
- unreal37 13y agoYou're right.