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The Domain Name System (DNS) is a core part of the Internet ecosystem. In this post, I will explain a small portion of how the DNS works for your average home internet user.
Let’s talk about how a domain name gets resolved when you are using your home network.
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Apple’s September 2021 event titled “California Streaming” started off with a love letter to California, lots of beautiful shots of Californian landscapes and musicians playing instruments. I liked the lady playing the violin by herself in what I presume was the Mojave desert. The song slaps to be quite honest.
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Bell Canada should peer at Canadian IXes
My home ISP for a few years now has been Bell Canada. More specifically their FTTH (Fibre To The Home) service. For the most part this has been quite good and reliable.
However there has been one thing that has bothered me over the years about Bell Canada’s network. It is their tendency to not peer or have a presence at local large Canadian IXes (Internet eXchanges) like TorIX. I am picking TorIX here as an example because its the one most relevant to me personally. As far as I can tell from the publicly available information, Bell Canada does not peer at any Canadian IXes.