Google Launches Public DNS to Speed Up Web.

[SKORPI0]

Just came out..

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356618,00.asp

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=28039

The Google Public DNS IP addresses are as follows:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

You can use either number as your primary or secondary DNS server. You can specify both numbers, but do not specify one number as both primary and secondary.

 

[effowe]

I'm currently using Level 3 DNS servers (4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2).. wonder if this will speed it up. Will running a speedtest tell me, or will I just have to browse around to see if I can tell a difference?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

tag for later

 

[vshah]

i've been using opendns.org for a few years now

 

[SunnyD]

I'm currently using Level 3 DNS servers (4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2).. wonder if this will speed it up. Will running a speedtest tell me, or will I just have to browse around to see if I can tell a difference?

traceroute or reverse IP lookups will be about the only thing that will change.

 

[spidey07]

Totally useless and it won't speed up anything, it could even slow your browsing down depending on latency. Just another way for google to collect stats on what sites you visit and possibly inserting content.

Do not want. If you want fast DNS then just run your own caching name server.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Pings at over 200ms for me, unlikely to speed things up.

 

[kranky]

Just another way for google to collect stats on what sites you visit and possibly inserting content.

I don't know if it will affect speed or not, but I absolutely believe the above to be true.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I prefer my own DNS.

 

[SunnyD]

Keep in mind, while Google runs its own backbone and has a very, VERY fast network, you'll be using servers likely 7 or more hops away from you to resolve DNS, as opposed to your ISPs DNS servers which should be no more than 2 hops away from you.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Hah, after the way they handled the postini outage a few months ago I think NOT.

 

[Kaido]

Just swapped. Ping showed Google running about 2ms slower than OpenDNS for me, but the pages load up surprisingly quick. Google itself loads in a flash. Gmail is a bit speedier. Thanks!

 

[spidey07]

Keep in mind, while Google runs its own backbone and has a very, VERY fast network, you'll be using servers likely 7 or more hops away from you to resolve DNS, as opposed to your ISPs DNS servers which should be no more than 2 hops away from you.

Those addresses are global load balancers, they'll redirect you to what ever DNS loadbalancer is closest. But still the point about these having higher latency/hops is very valid and why it could even slow down your browsing.

At 150 ms latency and probably an average of 15 DNS calls for a typical page you'd be adding 1.5 seconds of page load time higher than a typical 50 ms latency to your DNS.

 

[Miramonti]

I have to assume this is a datamining initiative.

 

[spidey07]

I have to assume this is a datamining initiative.

There really is no other reason to do it other than that.

 

[SKORPI0]

I have to assume this is a datamining initiative.

My thoughts exactly. Very time soon they'll know what types of sites we visit & how often. Hey maybe a Google ISP in the future too. Big Brother kind of... :sneaky:

 

[ViviTheMage]

My thoughts exactly. Very time soon they'll know what types of sites we visit & how often. Hey maybe a Google ISP in the future too. Big Brother kind of... :sneaky:

getting a little TOO scary!

 

[spidey07]

My thoughts exactly. Very time soon they'll know what types of sites we visit & how often. Hey maybe a Google ISP in the future too. Big Brother kind of... :sneaky:

Why do you think they tried to by the wimax spectrum? So they could do exactly that.

 

[Miramonti]

My thoughts exactly. Very time soon they'll know what types of sites we visit & how often. Hey maybe a Google ISP in the future too. Big Brother kind of... :sneaky:

Its bad enough that most sites I visit have google.com and googleapis.com etc. scripts in them. I'm really not interested in giving them a layup by using their dns servers.

 

[SunnyD]

My thoughts exactly. Very time soon they'll know what types of sites we visit & how often. Hey maybe a Google ISP in the future too. Big Brother kind of... :sneaky:

To be honest, if they gave me fiber-class broadband without caps or restrictions at a fraction of the price of current ISPs, they can bend me over and datamine my ass for all I care.

 

[spidey07]

To be honest, if they gave me fiber-class broadband without caps or restrictions at a fraction of the price of current ISPs, they can bend me over and datamine my ass for all I care.

Thanks for the visual.

 

[Rubycon]

Thanks for the visual.

For real! Picturing borescope meet rectum just before dinner time is rather displeasing. D:

 

[FelixDeCat]

I am interested in speeding up my internet browsing experience. Where do I enter this information?

 

[her209]

I am interested in speeding up my internet browsing experience. Where do I enter this information?

In the DNS section of the TCP/IP settings.

 

[Kalmah]

In the DNS section of the TCP/IP settings.

Or, if you are using a router, you might need to log into that and set it there instead. Correct me if I'm wrong. I've been using opendns this way and it works.