For another data point, I checked Randy's setup. After all, he was the WG chair for quite awhile, so he'll have a clear preference. Like Paul, different servers visible from the root. Unlike Paul, much longer TTLs. ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @a.gtld-servers.net psg.net any ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52052 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; psg.net, type = ANY, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: psg.net. 2D IN NS dns1.yoho.com. psg.net. 2D IN NS dns2.yoho.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: psg.net. 2D IN NS dns1.yoho.com. psg.net. 2D IN NS dns2.yoho.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: dns1.yoho.com. 2D IN A 64.239.77.100 dns2.yoho.com. 2D IN A 64.239.77.101 ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @rain.psg.com psg.com any ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40632 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 8, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 5 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; psg.com, type = ANY, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: psg.com. 4H IN SOA rain.psg.com. hostmaster.psg.com. ( 200407121 ; serial 1D ; refresh 1H ; retry 4w2d ; expiry 4H ) ; minimum psg.com. 4H IN NS ARIZONA.EDU. psg.com. 4H IN NS DNS.LIBRARY.UCLA.EDU. psg.com. 4H IN NS rain.psg.com. psg.com. 4H IN A 147.28.0.62 psg.com. 4H IN MX 0 psg.com. psg.com. 4H IN NAPTR 10 0 "s" "SIP+D2T" "" _sip._tcp.psg.com. psg.com. 4H IN NAPTR 20 0 "s" "SIP+D2U" "" _sip._udp.psg.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: rain.psg.com. 4H IN A 147.28.0.34 ARIZONA.EDU. 1d23h1m15s IN A 128.196.128.233 splat.psg.com. 4H IN A 147.28.0.39 _sip._tcp.psg.com. 4H IN SRV 0 0 5060 splat.psg.com. _sip._udp.psg.com. 4H IN SRV 0 0 5060 splat.psg.com. -- William Allen Simpson Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32