By Zoli Erdos on May 15, 2010
I’ve been a long time OpenDNS user (hardcoded in my router), but after installing a new router, I decided to run some tests before reconfiguring its DNS settings. The results – using Google’s own Namebench tool – were surprising.
Comcast wins! (note: 68.87.76.182 resolves to cns.sanjose.ca.sanfran.comcast.net). It is faster than UltraDNS, OpenDNS or Google Public DNS. Surprise, surprise … I guess I don’t have to reconfigure my router after all.
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Comcast always beat Google for me as well.
Local ISP dns server should always win over external DNS…
using external dns should only be needed if the ISP dns doesnt work well or dont have what we need (say ipv6 or blocked domains)