View Thread > 82s/182s Spring 2008 > First paper: EU Net Neutrality, Stupid Networks, Open DNS, > OpenDNS Beneficial to Consumers

Open Domain Name System service provides an alternative to standard Domain Name System service, with innovative features and options that may benefit consumers in ease of Internet use, while empowering consumers through choice. OpenDNS has more recently gained positive and negative attention in the context of alternatives to corporation control of broadband networks and user information. Despite the imperfection of OpenDNS services, it demonstrates the innovation and competition that may be cultivated in a free market Internet.
Open DNS is a for-profit company that offers users an alternative DNS service than the one which is provided by the users Internet service provider.  Their transcontinental network claims to be reliable, faster, safer, and smarter than other DNS services, much of which can be attributed to their use of Anycast.  

The opening shows clearly your stance on the issue of Open DOS vs. standard DOS, but I am still left wondering what you think, and so what I think, about the issue of government regulation of the open DOS. We know that the internet would be easier to use with open DOS. But the question of whether it can be implemented properly (ethically, constitutionally, equally, etc.)  remains unanswered so far. So I would make your stance on government involvement clearer in the intro. In the rest of the paper, I would make sure that you present both the positive and negative attention the open DOS system has gotten, why the government believes hands off unregulated internet is the most beneficial, and what this means for internet users in terms of rights and privacy. Good start!