Free Dynamic DNS service providers

Sheesh!!! I knew it was too good to last, but still you expect some decency from the dynamic DNS providers. You see, I am using the free DDNS service from ZoneEdit. Supposedly, they are one of the best providers and most reliable. And so far I have had no issues with the service I got. I am hosting my website at my home using DSL. My ISP blocks port 80 (as do most of them out there) and I have not way but use web-forwarding service. The other option is to make my site visitors put in the ugly www.dharwadkar.com:port_no to visit my site. I could do that but it reduces the effectiveness of the website.

But suddenly from today, my website started popping up ads which I never intended to. I first thought that this is because of the Google Ads and banners I put in over the weekend, but then it doesn't make sense. So many (almost all) websites have Ads by Google or Yahoo. So why does it have to be only my site. So I started out on a hunt to find out why this is happening and the results astonished me. It seems that ZoneEdit has been bought out by Dotster (www.dotster.com) and it is their (Dotster's) policy to display pop-up ads for free accounts. Here's an official email. This really sucks.

They should have at least the decency to tell their customers (whether free or paid) that there is a change in service and give option to opt out. I am moving from ZoneEdit. Even if I have to pay for this service somewhere else, I will do it. But I will not stand this underhand / shady deals.