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How Does the New Google DNS Perform? (and Why?)

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the all-your-data-are-belong-to-me dept.

Tarinth writes "Google just announced its new Google DNS platform. Many have viewed this as a move to increase ad revenue, or maybe capture more data. This article explores those questions, as well as the actual benchmarking results for Google DNS — showing that it is faster than many, but not nearly as fast as many others." We also recently discussed security implications of the Google Public DNS.

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  1. Re:Pointless hype by suso · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And in general people have less options because they settle for crap instead complaining, organizing boycotts on monopolies or taking their money someplace else. I am sorry that you have no other choice for good internet access, that sucks.