How should I choose my DNS?
Problem
When I have to choose my DNS I think that I should consider: Speed Reliability Privacy Control (reports and stats) The main options that come to my mind, and how I weigh them according to the above factors, are: My ISP = faster (closer to me) but less privacy (they can associate my DNS requests to myself) OpenDNS and such = more control and more privacy (all they have is one of my e-mail addresses) Google = less privacy (they can associate my DNS requests to my Google Account and my searches) What weighting factors, or other options, have I missed?
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Fix for: How should I choose my DNS?
My ISP = faster (closer to me) This is a common misconception, distance does not make up speed on its own. Compare using the old single network cables out of metal to the newer multiple glass fibre cables systems, like EuroDOCSIS 3.0. Other than propagation delay, you also have a processing delay on the server; I'm pretty sure that the DNS server at an ISP is less powerful to a DNS server hosted by Google, hence it is completely possible or a server that's at a much greater distance to actually…
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