dot tk: too good to be true?

[Xandria]

Ever since we got our cable internet connection hooked up a couple months ago, I\'ve been interesting in getting a domain name.  When I visited Kada\'s Tavern, I saw the dot tk banner ad, so I checked it out.

The free service looked interesting, except that you had to have a certain number of hits each month or so to keep the name (something that wouldn\'t work for me right now).  Then I saw the things that came with the subscribed service.  The options looked good, and then I saw the price: 10 USD a year!  Now that seems really cheap for what they\'re offering, so I was wondering if someone who already has the subscribed dot tk domain name could help me out with the following:

1) Is it really only 10 USD per YEAR?

2) Are the banner ads/pop-ups still displayed?

3) Does it work with a dynamic IP address?

4) Would you recommend this service for someone who wants to put up a small webpage on their home server for the public to access via a registered domain address (aka me   )

Thank you for all your help!  

[Kithplana]

For $10 USD a year, you can get a .com, .net, or .org from GoDaddy, which I\'m sure is supported by most dynamic IP tracking programs.

[Caldazar]

Dot.tk is free, and you will get a nice pop-up to your site. You need an old URL though, for example, http://www.geocities.com/Cal/owns/index.htm

[seperot]

yea go to godaddy.com  same price and a shiny .com site

[Xandria]

Does godaddy allow the same DNS feature as the dot tk one (ex: forums.xandria.com, shop.xandria.com, etc.)?

Not really something I need, but just wondering since I\'m comparing anyway.  I\'ll definitely look at godaddy when I get a chance.

[zaphar]

Try out dyndns.org also I use them to hose a server over my cable connection. They are pretty good I have no problems with them. and if your ip varies occasionally there are a number of apps that will help you keep the ip updated.

[Tepsu]

Jeh, if people would just use some REAL browsers, not IE crap, you would not have to worry about popups...

[Xalthar]

Originally posted by Tepsu
Jeh, if people would just use some REAL browsers, not IE crap, you would not have to worry about popups...

right on... IE sucks... get mozilla

[Caldazar]

Opera for teh win.
(note the teh)

[Elegrand]

Pop ups get blocked using the Google toolbar worth the d/l

[Axsyrus]

you don\'t have to use crappy toolbars if you just use Opera, you can choose all kinds of nice skins for opera too :]

[Caldazar]

Originally posted by Axsyrus
you don\'t have to use crappy toolbars if you just use Opera, you can choose all kinds of nice skins for opera too :]

Word.