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[vpsmonkey]

They were running a free + paid service and all of a sudden they deleted my free account breaking all my sites and email. They didn't even send out a warning email....

This is basically <<removed>> all nonpaid customers...

[TheSimpleHost-Nathan]

I bet that was a royal pain in the ass! I've used http://www.everydns.com/ before, they've never let me down

[ItsJustHosting]

I highly doubt they make any promises or guarantees to free clients.

[CH-Shaun]

That's what you get for using a free service. ZoneEdit and EasyDNS have been reliable for me.

[Bihira]

The old addage, you get what you pay for. Though for image sake and possible sell some paid versions, they should of at least emailed you.

[stdunbar]

They have been sending out updates since September. But I guess that their service wasn't worth anything to you.

I've used them for years and they've been great. Yes, I am a subscriber too as $5/month for about 70 domains is a bargain.

[MooreAdmin]

Cant say I've received any updates, but my free account is still functional.

[stdunbar]

If you've migrated to their free service then you should be fine. From their September 23rd email:

Originally Posted by editdns.net

So, in a nutshell, here are the changes:

- You must be an active subscriber or a lifetime member on Jan 1st, 2010 to continue to use http://www.editdns.net. All non-subscribers will be automatically disabled on that date.

- In the next week, there will be a way to migrate your domain over to http://free.editdns.net, we recommend you do it as soon as possible to prevent any downtime.

- You must keep your subscription active in order to continue to use http://www.editdns.net, once your subscription runs out, your domains will be disabled, but can be migrated to http://free.editdns.net.

- http://free.editdns.net has two nameservers, one in Dallas, one in NJ. You.re allowed to have up to 5 domains for DNS hosting.

- URL Forwarding, e-mail forwarding, etc will be going away for all free accounts and you must be an active subscriber to continue to use them.

- Any new domains will not be able to use these services effective today; any remaining domains still using these services will be able to use them until Jan 1st.

- http://www.editdns.net subscribers will be getting better hardware, SLA guarantees and more.

- We recommend you use http://www.editdns.net and pay for a subscription, if your domain has any importance to you.

[stablehost]

Originally Posted by stdunbar

If you've migrated to their free service then you should be fine. From their September 23rd email:

Thanks for those who reported we did contact our customers, 5 months ago in fact ;-)

We also posted it on our website and our forums:

http://forums.editdns.net/showthread.php?t=1530

We also contacted our customers every few weeks reminding them of what they needed to do to migrate.

[SenseiSteve]

So much for being **slapped. Always best to hear both sides of the story.

[MooreAdmin]

I guess I was just lucky, I had not migrated to the free platform, but my dns zones were still active on their name servers. Regardless Ive just upgraded to a lifetime membership, they've given great service to date

[jcn50]

Originally Posted by TSH-Nathan

I bet that was a royal pain in the ass! I've used http://www.everydns.com/ before, they've never let me down

Seems like this is gonna change:
EveryDNS has been acquired by Dyn, Inc!

No email from David Ulevitch to tell all users that they have been sold... I just noticed that on their website now, I knew something has happening because the Webhop service doesn't work anymore, and support doesn't reply.
So I am moving all of my DNS records out before the big rush, or a failed migration! I bet one day some people will wake up with no more DNS services:
Domains using EveryDNS: 417614 !
Records in EveryDNS: 1418658 !!

[DNM-Sean]

Never good when a company just sells themselve's on without any notice.

[stablehost]

Originally Posted by DNM-Sean

Never good when a company just sells themselve's on without any notice.

There's always two sides of every story.. I'm sure EveryDNS will be in contact.