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Writing "fast" and "anonymous" on a product doesn't magically make it fast or anonymous. Why would I trust this service ?

• VMG 10y ago
  Well the first attribute can at least be measured independently.
  • gtirloni 10y ago
    Numbers from South America: Freenom: ~260msec Google: ~70msec Local ISP: ~6msec
    • Sarkie 10y ago
      I hope they are more anonymous than they are fast...
    • bcook 10y ago
      Numbers from South-East US: Freenom: ~9ms Google: ~9ms (actually 0.5 ms quicker) Local ISP: ~33ms
    • raisedbyninjas 10y ago
      From Texas: Freenom: 140ms Google: 2ms Level3: 1ms
    • paraboul 10y ago
      From France (free) : Freenom: ~60ms Google: ~3ms Local ISP: ~1ms
    • corobo 10y ago
      Try with a domain that doesn't exist. The response time topped 10 seconds for me on the first one I tried. For a handful that do exist it seems like they're almost exactly 10 times slower than Google. ~20ms (Google) vs ~200.
    • tdkl 10y ago
      It still baffles me why would someone use Google DNS over local ISPs and 8.8.8.8 being advertised anywhere make me cringe.
      • the_duke 10y ago
        Because while I have a great and fast internet connection, my ISP's DNS is notoriously slow with constant outages.
      • WildUtah 10y ago
        My ISP's DNS inserts advertising into query results. Google's doesn't.
        • tdkl 10y ago
          Sorry to hear that then. I'm positive this doesn't happen in the EU though, yet we're willingly giving Google more data.
          • minxomat 10y ago
            It does happen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13038500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13038500
          • gulaschbrot 10y ago
            Happens in Germany with Deutsche Telekom.
      • rrdharan 10y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking As far as I know Time Warner Cable/Spectrum still does this?
      • toast0 10y ago
        Many people don't have meaningful choices of ISPs, and some ISPs only run a couple resolver clusters far away from customers, are just plain bad at running them, or are playing DNS MITM games.
    • notzorbo3 10y ago
      From the Netherlands: Pings: Freenom: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.509/20.928/26.588/3.520 ms Google: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.013/21.057/24.841/2.500 ms Actual resolve times: (dig @8.8.8.8 example.com): Freenom: ;; Query time: 19 msec (avg) Google: ;; Query time: 31 (21) msec (avg) Averages over 10 pings / digs. The google query time had two outliers at ~49 ms. If I discount those, it's about 21 ms. But I don't see why I'd discount them.
    • tscs37 10y ago
      From Germany: Freenom: ~34ms Google: ~8ms Local ISP: ~11ms
    • gwu78 10y ago
      From anywhere: Local cache on 127.0.0.1: ~0msec Local nameserver on 127.0.0.1: ~0msec /etc/hosts: ~0msec
  • abritishguy 10y ago
    Latency from my London flat: 8.8.8.8 ~4ms 80.80.80.80 ~95ms
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  • milankragujevic 10y ago
    Europe/Serbia: Freenom: 74ms Google: 72ms Telecom Serbia: 168ms It's funny my ISP's DNS servers are so much slower.
  • wheelerwj 10y ago
    from seattle: google: 15.377/20.966/40.077/9.587 ms freenom: 192.673/222.957/287.720/41.386 ms
  • LeoPanthera 10y ago
    Pretty sure it's not maintained anymore, but "namebench" is a good tool for selecting the best DNS servers for your current location. https://code.google.com/archive/p/namebench/downloads https://code.google.com/archive/p/namebench/downloads
• mwexler 10y ago
  This sounded like the old "Discussion Topics" from SNL in the 90s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Talk#Discussion_topics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Talk#Discussion_topics