[ale] public dns servers - PUBLIC vs OPENDNS

[James Sumners]

Yeah, it was particularly bad with SpeedFactory. Not only did they
randomly stop responding, but they were _always_ slow. I'm no longer
using SpeedFactory, but I've stayed with OpenDNS. They are lightning
quick.

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>> I'm wondering why the OP wouldn't use the ISP's DNS servers?
>>
>> That is to say the only time I need a "public DNS" server is when I'm
>> wanting to check lookups against those I'm already doing.
>
> Some of the internet service outages I've seen at Bellsouth/AT&T and
> Comcast were actually problems with their DNS servers. Using alternate
> DNS servers eliminates this problem.
>
> -Brian



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