[crazy4laptops]

Here at TN Tech and the surrounding city, DNS in general kinda sucks! On-campus DNS servers are a pain because Windows 7's identifying network, has trouble getting out to the internet 60% of the time. When it does, it takes about 2 minutes to realize that the internet connection is okay and will then let the computer access the web. (any other DNS server removes this waiting time)

Frontier/Charter are notoriously unreliable as-is, there's about 3-5 DNS failures every 2 months, plus they are not compatible with Google's Browse By Name query.

http://www.google.co...lient&gfns=1&q=

The BBN query is by far one of the most effective/efficient ways I've found to navigate the web.

I'm using a mashup of Google/EPB/Sprint DNS to make the internet usable here, bandwidth isn't the problem, its all in the quest for reliable DNS.

Has anyone heard of Namehelp? If not, see this- http://aqualab.cs.no...ojects/namehelp
I'll be testing this app further when I go study abroad in Austria.

On that note, who is your favorite primary/backup DNS provider and why?

[LiveBrianD]

I use Google DNS, mainly because it doesn't redirect 404 queries to a search engine. (I'm glaring at you, Comcast.) I haven't had any issues with it.

[waldojim]

I tend to use Comodo DNS. Namely because they claim to use a secure DNS system.

[crazy4laptops]

LiveBrianD, on 06 November 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

I use Google DNS, mainly because it doesn't redirect 404 queries to a search engine. (I'm glaring at you, Comcast.) I haven't had any issues with it.

It's not just Comcast, it's cable ISP's in general. But only them (which is weird) but they use recursive DNS instead of the type google uses.
I've seen the 404redirect on Comcast, Bright House, Charter, Frontier, Cox, etc.

No other ISP I know of uses recursive DNS on their subscribers.

[LiveBrianD]

Funny that you mention that - AT&T didn't do that crap, and they're DSL.