People who break RFC's need executed

Not sure if all of you know this but I managed a server and ran a hosting business. I recently decided to drop my dedicated server and move into a really nice reseller package (take a look here). Well I did the move and everything was ok UNTIL people started complaining they cannot find there sites etc.. I knew this would be a problem for a few hours so I told them to call back in 4 hours if they have the same problem. Well needless to say, after a week, some ISP's, namely cable isp's, have YET to get the new update records. All TTL's were not set above 48 hours so there is absolutely NO reason this sites should not resolve unless these ISP's are bypassing the RFC and not adhering to the TTL's of DNS records. Checking the domains with DNS Stuff tools, which does RFC compliant testing reports that all of the domains are FINE yet people cannot get to the sites from HOME. They can get to them fine at WORK, but at home they are dead in the water. Tried calling Adelphia and they are super clueless. FINALLY got a woman who knew what I was talking about and said that they do not flush there DNS caches at "whim" and told me that she couldnt do it. So..

What I suggest to everyone out there on the net is to use an AWESOME FREE DNS SERVICE called OpenDNS. There queries are super fast and they even do self correcting on urls if you mistype by accident. For instance, if you type www.myspace.cm instead of www.myspace.com it automatically corrects it. PLUS they keep an active blacklist of phishing sites and help protect your personal information. I highly recommend them. One day ISP's will start paying attention to standards and if there servers cannot handle standards, they need to upgrade the damn things or get the fuck out of the business. When I worked at Erols (RCN Internet now), we were very strict compliant on all RFC's and it is what makes them so successful. Anyways, the whole point to this rant was to tell Adelphia + Comcast to get off there asses and stop putting money in there pocket over keeping there network standards compliant.

Ugh. Maybe I should start a "Things that Piss me Off" column like my friend. heh.

-SJ