2006/12/11, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>:
On 11/12/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:34 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I've heard that one could run a local DNS server to speed up internet > > access. Does this have a real-world advantage for a home user? > > It can, if your ISP's DNS servers are crap (some are - my last couple of > ISP's were). Actually, I suspect that my university's DNS servers are crap. Often at the university, ten minutes will go by where I cannot reach certain sites, but others I can reach.
On a side note there is http://opendns.com which is much faster than my ISP's DNS. -- Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
