About Us
The site FreeDNS began in 2001 because founder Joshua
Anderson wanted to have fun with his domain hobby. He wanted to
create a safe environment where other programmers could share
domain names with one another at no cost, starting with friends.
With that in mind, he launched the site from his domain
AFRAID.ORG. In the beginning, like-minded tech lovers offered him
a server and bandwidth to make his dream a reality. Over time,
the site grew to include more members and more space was
required. He realized that, in order to provide the same service
to his growing list of users, he had to find a way to generate an
income.
Like many Internet users, he wasn't a fan of advertising from
day one. So rather than fill the site with third-party ads, as
some free locations do, he created extra services that he could
turn into a premium package. He knew these services had to offer
individuals and businesses something they couldn't find elsewhere
for the price. To this day, the paid subscription service of
FreeDNS goes back into the company - be it promotion, research or
just being a place technologists can explore their love of the
web.
Josh has long enjoyed network operations and infrastructure
scaling. Starting with only a single system, the premium support
has been put toward creating a carefully selected geographically
diverse network and infrastructure as only exclusively through
premium support has made it possible to do. The entire network
is now routinely processesing over 7 billion requests per month
as seen on the [DNS Query Stats] page.
About the members
Our members have a range of backgrounds and projects from all
walks of life, from enabling hobbyists and tinkerers to reach
their home network from work (and vice versa), to designers and
web developers, cloud developers, bloggers, to cutting edge VC
backed startup companies, from congressional representatives to
electrical co-ops, there have been manufacturing of multiple
sorts, home (housing) builders, property developers, PC builders,
electronics manufacturers to coffee shops, restaurants, and
schools (classroom use) in US and abroad, there have been
photographers, artists, entertainers, churches, and
musicians/bands, robotics builders, chiropractors, realtors,
insurance agents, flower shops, karate schools, PC game server
operators (including minecraft)... and many many more.
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