> > Actually I USED to work for AOL, I know for a FACT That some of the > Smaller > > ISP's USED TO only > > download the master Database from ICANN only 1 time PER WEEK. > > Why would a small ISP download anything? > > That isn't how the DNS works.
How big are the root zone files? 1-2GB I believe? You'd have to be doing more traffic then that just to the root servers, otherwise it isn't worth running a local copy, right? -- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.
