Being a generous person, I have created a list of free DNS host on the Internet. Anyone looking for a free DNS host should start looking from this list. This comes from my little research on my email server project which I have to either get DNS hosting from my ISP or use a third party DNS host. I choose to use a third party DNS hosting. Why? Because it is more responsive than the DNS hosting from my ISP. I really don’t trust my ISP, especially from the huge number of downtimes they keep having.

Anyway, most DNS host should be reliable. I have tried using several of them and none has failed me yet. Although I have to admit, I have only been using third party DNS hosting (not my webhost’s DNS) for a few months only. Still, I have seen claims of free DNS host having no downtime on their entire network. Not sure whether it is true or not, but I think it is credible enough, since DNS hosting is not really a resource hungry process. However, I have seen a few free DNS host shuting down but this is most likely a commercial decision than anything else.

Is it surprising that you see domain registrars offering webhosting/email hosting, but not many of them offer DNS hosting. I don’t know why. I think that all domain registrars should offer their customers the option of DNS hosting as this makes change of webhost a faster and smoother process. I know that DNS hosting is not really a big money making thing like webhosting and most people don’t care/know about DNS hosting at all, but hey, basics first baby, basics first.