[ale] Recommended public DNS server

[Jim Popovitch]

aaron wrote:
> Jim Popovitch's numbers couldn't be much easier to remember,
> but I got curious as to whom I would need to thank for their
> courtesy:
>  
>> 4.2.2.1
> (also suggested by Mike Harrison)
> NS1.THEPROVIDER.COM
>    Server Name: NS1.THEPROVIDER.COM
>    IP Address: 4.2.2.1
>    Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
>    Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
>    Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
> --
> -- "THE PROVIDER"... sounds OMINOUS...
> ...like it's related to the bizarre British Sci-Fi series starring
> Patrick McGoohan...
> -- No success googling up more info on "THE PROVIDER"
> 
>> 4.2.2.2
>> 4.2.2.3
> NS1.ATLANTANEWERANAMESERVER.COM
> NS2.ATLANTANEWERANAMESERVER.COM
> Domain Name: ATLANTANEWERANAMESERVER.COM 
> Registrant:
>     Atlanta New Era Technology
>     3150 Highway 278 #101
>     Covington
>     Georgia,30014 US
> -- well, at least they're visible and local.
> 
>> 4.2.2.4
>    Server Name: NS.ZOTV.COM
>    IP Address: 4.2.2.4
>    Registrar: BULKREGISTER, LLC.
>    Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com
> -- Again, no success googling up more info on the ZOTV name.

Aaron,

I'm not even sure that I want to know how you came up with those
details, but....  The real holder of 4.2.2.x is Level3.

-Jim P.