DynDNS would/do you pay?

DynDNS have changed their T&Cs again.

It used to be possible to set up a free account, but I guess that the service has become too popular. They changed it so that you could set up a trial account and cancel that after a month of so, leaving just one DynDNS address available to use.

Sadly now it appears that when the trial ends, you no longer have this option. You now have to pay the annual fee. You also need a Credit Card to set up the account.

Do you think that this is fair? What about safe?

There are alternatives available. Sadly you need to run a separate application on a desktop in order to maintain the WAN IP Address on the relevant servers as Sky's routers only allow DynDNS to be used.

No-IP is one such site. There are plenty more. If you install a custom firmware such as OpenWRT or DD-WRT on a cable router you can gain access to these through the router.

Personally I would love Sky to add the alternatives to the whole range of Sky routers. Do you agree?

I have started a thread on the Sky forums. Hopefully this will attract some attention too.

Sky Help Forum - DynDNS alternatives - Help & Support from the Official Sky Forum