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A new free service from Google: Free Public DNS

Posted blog, Web Dev
Dec
4

So wandering around on the net, I found out that a few days ago Google decided to launch the coolest free service ever! Well, at least for us techies: Google Public DNS. What do it mean? Well, basic if you’ve notice your internet at home is a bit slow on some site, and not others, your DNS from your ISP is probably the one of the reasons. I have At&t u-verse and I just change to Google’s DNS and I notice a big difference on how fast the sites load. What does this mean for the common man (or woman): No redirection, blocking or filtering from your Internet Provider.

Read more about it here if you want, because it’s too complicated to explain beyond this.