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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. beat a dead horse much /. ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh look. It's THIS thread again. http://images.starcraftmazter.net/4chan/for_forums/this_thread_again.jpg

  2. Re:I use Google DNS and.. by sakdoctor · · Score: 1, Troll

    For DNS I trust Google > North Korean state owned ISP > Virgin Media

  3. informative TacoTaco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    rea]sons why anyone [mit.edu] found at my frrelance may be hurting the