Everybody speedup your internet now!! VROOM VROOM
07-13-2006, 07:29 AM
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I found this on another forum.
WOW I immediately notice the difference, the improvement is instantaneous.
www.opendns.com
follow the very simple 10 seconds step by step instructions.
change the DNS settings to
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
happy surfing!
let me know how this works around the world. No problems whatsoever in Canada or US.
WOW I immediately notice the difference, the improvement is instantaneous.
www.opendns.com
follow the very simple 10 seconds step by step instructions.
change the DNS settings to
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
happy surfing!
let me know how this works around the world. No problems whatsoever in Canada or US.
07-13-2006, 07:59 AM
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I wonder what business model they're using? How will they make money?
I understand the Domain Naming System and how it operates but after taking a quick look at their website, I don't get what they're up to as far as making money is concerned...
I understand the Domain Naming System and how it operates but after taking a quick look at their website, I don't get what they're up to as far as making money is concerned...
07-13-2006, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='310274' date='Jul 13 2006, 11:59 AM
I wonder what business model they're using? How will they make money?
I understand the Domain Naming System and how it operates but after taking a quick look at their website, I don't get what they're up to as far as making money is concerned...
I understand the Domain Naming System and how it operates but after taking a quick look at their website, I don't get what they're up to as far as making money is concerned...
07-13-2006, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='310284' date='Jul 13 2006, 12:16 PM
How can i test if the new settings really make it go faster?! A link to a site maybe where you can test the internet speed ?!
07-13-2006, 08:48 AM
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the technology is not increasing your BANDWIDTH... it will only improve the amount of time the servers seek and return information to your Mac/PC after the URL request has been issued by your browser.
I find response time has at least halved on average.
Download speeds are the same. What has really gotten faster is that lag between entering an address and waiting for a page to appear.
I find response time has at least halved on average.
Download speeds are the same. What has really gotten faster is that lag between entering an address and waiting for a page to appear.
07-13-2006, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rollee' post='310290' date='Jul 13 2006, 07:48 PM
the technology is not increasing your BANDWIDTH... it will only improve the amount of time the servers seek and return information to your Mac/PC after the URL request has been issued by your browser.
I find response time has at least halved on average.
Download speeds are the same. What has really gotten faster is that lag between entering an address and waiting for a page to appear.
I find response time has at least halved on average.
Download speeds are the same. What has really gotten faster is that lag between entering an address and waiting for a page to appear.
07-13-2006, 12:05 PM
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It's only a matter of time before they're burnt embers too. Public servers never stay unused for long.
This troubles me:
"OpenDNS service is free. OpenDNS makes money by serving clearly labeled advertisements on search results pages where we cannot resolve your intent (i.e., not a known typo)."
This is a twist on the Verisign trick that ICANN had a cow over. I guess since it is voluntary and not the root zones, it might fly. It'll be interesting to watch.
This was a concern I had, but I'm glad they say they don't do this:
"OpenDNS doesn't proxy or monitor the websites you go to. Read our privacy policy."
I thought that it would be pretty easy to proxy and collect information for sale to others. Also, the phishing site block page reminded me of the kind of page replacement you would see from a cache/proxy. I guess they're just resolving certain known-bad hosts or zones to an information page. This isn't vastly different than ISPs who blackhole known phishing sites, so again probably fine.
This troubles me:
"OpenDNS service is free. OpenDNS makes money by serving clearly labeled advertisements on search results pages where we cannot resolve your intent (i.e., not a known typo)."
This is a twist on the Verisign trick that ICANN had a cow over. I guess since it is voluntary and not the root zones, it might fly. It'll be interesting to watch.
This was a concern I had, but I'm glad they say they don't do this:
"OpenDNS doesn't proxy or monitor the websites you go to. Read our privacy policy."
I thought that it would be pretty easy to proxy and collect information for sale to others. Also, the phishing site block page reminded me of the kind of page replacement you would see from a cache/proxy. I guess they're just resolving certain known-bad hosts or zones to an information page. This isn't vastly different than ISPs who blackhole known phishing sites, so again probably fine.
