Using OpenDNS to Get Around Dead Sites
July 28, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Software & Online Apps
There seems to have been something wrong with AT&T’s pipes to the Internet today. A number of websites seemed to be down and wouldn’t load for a variety of people. Through all of the discussion I heard many suggestions to use OpenDNS to get around these challenges.
"DNS" stands for domain name services or system. The service that’s provided is the translation of all of those domain names people register to the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of the computers/servers that are hosting the files that make-up that website.
The challenge is that many hosting providers use their own DNS translators and if …read more
10 Best Hosting Companies
June 12, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under How To, Software & Online Apps
I’ve been a happy customer of GoDaddy for quite sometime now. I know there are a number of people, close friends included, that will lambaste me for going with GoDaddy, but they’ve given me great service and support for an affordable price.
After mentioning a comment about hosting though recently, someone sent me a link for the 10BestHosting2009.com website.
The website provides their list of best websites based on price and services. There are some sites that provide better price than I’m paying now for sure. My problem is that it’s such a pain to switch hosting companies. I’ve got 50 plus …read more






