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Rimmer100 · 14-08-2009, 00:11

Just looked at the OpenDNS site and they frequently suggest that you will get faster DNS lookups. Can anyone confirm that, as it seems unlikely that a lookup from OpenDNS in San Francisco (if the geolocation was right) 10 hops away is going to be faster than the virgin server sitting 5 hops away (194.84.4.100) and significantly closer.

(I know this wasn't the original point of this thread, just wondering if anyone is getting faster)

As to the original point, I rarely get addresses wrong, otherwise I would be googling anyway.

14-08-2009, 00:11	#14
Rimmer100 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crayford Services: 20mb, Phone, XL V+ Posts: 50	Re: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options Just looked at the OpenDNS site and they frequently suggest that you will get faster DNS lookups. Can anyone confirm that, as it seems unlikely that a lookup from OpenDNS in San Francisco (if the geolocation was right) 10 hops away is going to be faster than the virgin server sitting 5 hops away (194.84.4.100) and significantly closer. (I know this wasn't the original point of this thread, just wondering if anyone is getting faster) As to the original point, I rarely get addresses wrong, otherwise I would be googling anyway.