On Saturday 19 May 2012 13:09:45 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On May 19, 2012 6:46 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Willie Matthews wrote:
> [le snip]
> 
> > > You should really try changing you DNS server to some faster ones. I
> > > was having this same problem with my ISP or DSL modem with built in
> > > router taking a long time. I changed my DNS servers to Google DNS
> > > Servers (8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8) and haven't had a problem.
> > > 
> > > My setup is a little different but all in all I would really suggest
> > > you try a DNS server outside of your ISP.
> > 
> > I agree.  My ISP is AT&T and I changed my DNS to Google's too.  It is
> > very fast compared to AT&T's servers.  I have had AT&T's servers not
> > respond for several seconds but Google's just seem to work.
> 
> Here's the result of a test comparing the performance of public DNS servers
> 
> 
> http://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/public-dns-resolver-showdown
> 
> Despite what the linked article said, in my experience, Level 3
> (4.2.2.[1-5]) is at least as fast as Google. I guess it depends on one's
> ISP. But both of them are mucho faster (and much stabler) than my ISP's DNS
> servers.

I understand that Level 3 4.2.2.2 is not a public DNS server:

  http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/


If my recent experience is correct (when I was trying to set up proxychains) 
connections to it are often dropped or at least throttled.

-- 
Regards,
Mick