Re: [Hampshire] OpenDNS benefits

At 13:04 16/04/2010, you wrote:

> > The main downside of OpenDNS (and many similar services) is that
> > nonexistent domains resolve to one of their ad servers.
>
>You can turn that off - but IMO, you shouldn't have to.
>
>But we're all Linux geeks here - why not just run your own resolver? It's
>dead easy, and is the single biggest improvement to web browsing I've
>made.

Running my own resolver would require a PC up 24/7 wouldn't it?

So you have noticed an improvement in how quick a websites starts to
load?
I have noticed this with OpenDNS but wasn't sure since i have only been
using it for a day whether it was the ADSL connection or the DNS server

Martin N

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