OpenDNS Unclogs the Tubes for ISPs and Their Customers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., USA – ISPCON 2006 OpenDNS (www.opendns.com) today unveiled OpenDNS Accounts, making the speedy, reliable recursive DNS service even more attractive to Internet Service Providers and other network operators.

OpenDNS Accounts frees ISPs of the cost and burden associated with maintaining DNS servers, while allowing them to retain total control over their network. With an OpenDNS Account, ISPs can provide their users with invaluable features like typo correction and phishing protection, while speeding users' Internet experience and boosting DNS reliability. Additionally, network administrators can view DNS usage for their network in easy-to-understand graphs.

OpenDNS Accounts meets the needs of ISPs, while continuing to offer superior management and statistics to all customers, from individual users to the largest organizations. OpenDNS has built a global, loyal userbase, including ISPs worldwide who specifically requested features now readily available with an OpenDNS Account. Since the service's public availability in July 2006, OpenDNS has answered more than 14 billion DNS requests including 1.5 billion in the past week.

Who: OpenDNS

What: OpenDNS Accounts. Set one up for free today at www.opendns.com

When: November 7, 2006

Why: 'Why not?' is a better question. OpenDNS Accounts make it easy for ISPs to use OpenDNS' recursive DNS service while maintaining total control over their network.

Where: OpenDNS is exhibiting at ISPCON 2006 in Santa Clara, Calif., USA in kiosk "O" - next to the Segway Racetrack.

About OpenDNS
OpenDNS makes the Internet safer, faster and smarter. Based in San Francisco, the company operates a large distributed network that powers a new kind of recursive DNS (Domain Name System) service that provides all Internet users, including ISPs and corporations of all sizes, increased security, reliability and performance. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to building and operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: www.opendns.com.