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One Million People Worldwide (and Growing!) Switch to OpenDNS to Make their Internet Better

San Fransisco (PRWEB) August 8, 2007 -- OpenDNS, the award-winning DNS provider that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable today announced that as of August 1, 2007, its customer base has skyrocketed to more than 1 million people worldwide in the thirteen months since the company launched.

OpenDNS is a superior alternative to the DNS service Internet users get from their Internet Service Provider (ISP), and acts as a complementary solution for network administrators who operate their own DNS servers. OpenDNS has provided its customers with 100 percent DNS uptime, and empowers them to stop paying for pricey security solutions that accomplish what OpenDNS does for free.

The unprecedented growth of OpenDNS comes at no surprise to Network Administrators like Clint Hunter of Campbell County, Virginia Public School District: "I see no reason for a school district, or anyone for that matter, not to use OpenDNS," Hunter said. "We switched from our ISP's DNS because OpenDNS makes the Internet faster and the typo-correction and phishing protection are invaluable for keeping the students of Campbell County safe online."

OpenDNS is the world's largest, fastest-growing DNS provider, and operates PhishTank.com, the Internet's most authoritative source of phishing data.

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Other OpenDNS milestones include:

June 26, 2006: OpenDNS, founded by DNS expert David Ulevitch, opens its doors and offers its service to Internet users.

August 8, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handled 1 billion DNS queries in its first month.

October 2, 2006: OpenDNS launches PhishTank.com, the first community Web site to fight phishing.

November 2006 issue: PC World columnist Steve Bass calls OpenDNS his "all-time favorite speedup tweak."

November 2006 issue: PC Magazine deems OpenDNS one of "the most amazing sites of 2006."

November 1, 2006: David Pogue of The New York Times declares, "My wife and I are totally loving the new speed. Don't tell Open DNS, but we even would have paid for it."

December 13, 2006: Telecom Italia, Italy's largest ISP, suffers a massive DNS outage, leaving customers without Internet access. Italian newspaper La Repubblica recommends OpenDNS and publishes instructions for switching DNS settings to OpenDNS.

November 14, 2006: The Mozilla Foundation announces it is using PhishTank data for benchmark testing to compare phishing protection in Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0.

December 15, 2006: Well-respected tech news source Lifehacker.com lists OpenDNS as one of its "Favorite Apps of 2006."

December 18, 2006: Opera Software announces Opera 9.1 comes with phishing protection powered by OpenDNS' PhishTank.

December 19, 2006: OpenDNS announces it handles 500 million DNS queries per day.

December 31, 2006: OpenDNS adds a London server location to better serve customers in Europe, Africa and India.

February 12, 2007: OpenDNS unveils CacheCheck, the first-ever tool to empower Internet users to independently update a DNS cache.

March 15, 2007: Security company Firetrust announces it is using PhishTank data in Sitehound, its browser toolbar.

March 27, 2007: A St. Bernard Software executive is quoted saying, "As a global provider of comprehensive security and hosted office solutions for small and midsize businesses, St. Bernard uses PhishTank to augment its phishing site listings."

March 27, 2007: OpenDNS announces it has handled 100 billion DNS queries with zero downtime since its June launch.

April 19, 2007: Yahoo!Mail, the world's No. 1 Web mail service, announces it is using PhishTank data to protect all of its customers.

April 27, 2007: OpenDNS unveils Shortcuts, forever changing the way people navigate the Internet and making the Internet usable again.

May 14, 2007: OpenDNS gives SysAdmins what they want and lets them custom block domains on their network - for free.

May 30, 2007: OpenDNS announces the largest school district in Mississippi and the Berkeley, Calif. library system are using OpenDNS.

June 11, 2007: Continuing the drum beat of added new features, OpenDNS announces it will let customers block adult sites categorically with help from St. Bernard Software.

June 15, 2007: Brian Krebs of the Washington Post calls OpenDNS "ingenious."

June 25, 2007: Less than three months after hitting the 100 billion milestone, OpenDNS announces it doubled the number of DNS queries it has handled overall - with zero downtime.

July 23, 2007: OpenDNS allows customers to opt out of DNS data collection, marking the first time individuals have been given the choice.

July 27, 2007: OpenDNS celebrates System Administrator Appreciation Day and rallies to give SysAdmins the credit they deserve.

July 30, 2007: In a review of OpenDNS, PC Magazine awards the service a stellar rating and deems it "utterly reliable."

August 8, 2007: OpenDNS announces it has grown from zero to more than 1 million customers in just over one year serving nearly 2 billion DNS requests per day.

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About OpenDNS

OpenDNS is free to use and makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable. 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 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

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