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

Prefacing this with the fact I may not know what I'm talking about :-{

But isn't that just going to compare how long it takes to hit the Google DNS compared to your ISP's DNS (which I'd expect to be quicker since there would less hops) and not how long it takes for the DNS to resolve the address?

I've no idea how you would actually get a metric on the resolution time tho'

Regards,
Viv