> But if you want to use a preferred DNS provider, such as Cloudflare, who use their DNS responses to optimize your website proxy. That works best most of the t

> But if you want to use a preferred DNS provider, such as Cloudflare, who use their DNS responses to optimize your website proxy. That works best most of the time, so then you want to go with an active/passive model that will step back when things are going according to plan, and then when these periodic network cataclysms do occur (and they will), they step into the breach and update your nameservers so that you at least stay up until the crisis is over. Copy editors are cheap and your reputation shouldn't be.