DNS Hosting

[semi4]

I've got a static IP from my ISP(earthlink), but they haven't mentioned anything about DNS hosting. Am I correct to assume there will be an extra fee for this, which brings up two questions:
1. Why the fee?
2. Are there any free DNS hosting services?

[Devrdander]

The Fee is for the hosting, and the fact they can rip you off for it. there is the publicdns project at www.granitecanyon.com (http://www.granitecanyon.com) or www.hn.org (http://www.hn.org) is still free for now...

[semi4]

Gee, that site's kinda confusing.
First off, what's an "RR"?
All I want to do is have someone be my Name Server to point my domain name at my IP address. Seems simple enough...

[ph34r]

dyndns.org can/will do it for free for a <yourname>.dyndns.org, or I think $30 for life for www.yourdomain.tld (http://www.yourdomain.tld)