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rDNS naming


From: David Barak <thegameiam () yahoo com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:10:03 -0800 (PST)



--- Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:
(e.g. the Verizon
FIOS deployment, if I
may use hostnames of the form *.fios.verizon.net as
a guide, is going
well in NYC, Dallas, DC, Tampa, Philly, LA, Boston
and Newark, but lags
behind in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and
Syracuse.)

One thing to watch out for in interpreting rDNS is
that it can be deceptive.  As of about two weeks ago
(last time I checked), Verizon didn't offer FiOS in DC
at all.  What you're seeing is probably some of the
newer suburbs in Virginia (possibly Maryland too)
which are vaguely near DC.  

$.02

-David

David Barak
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