>Hi,
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>Anyone tried the Google DNS server (8.8.8.8)?
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>I just switched to it out of curiousity. I could be imagining this but it certainly seems faster than others I've used - which surprised me since I would have thought the look-up process itself wouldn't have a great overall effect on retrieving a web page.

What were your ping times to your prior DNS server? I'm seeing Google about +20 msec beyond my ISP's default DNS.