5 ms·

dig @8.8.8.8 facebook.com is much quicker than dig @84.200.69.80 facebook.com for me.

• witty_username 12y ago
  It would be nice to post some statistics.
  • known 12y ago
    You may try https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
• Amfy 12y ago
  Yes, but which one do you think is censored/manipulated first? There are times, when it's better to use something not that popular ;) Couple of other arguments: The internet is built around decentralization... now all people use the same resolvers. Great. It's good to have proper alternatives.
  • spacefight 12y ago
    Why do you assume that you can withstand government censorship longer than Google? I'm really curious - sometimes size is good, sometime it isn't.
  • Nux 12y ago
    Everyone is on Cloudflare anywho.. so much for decentralisation :-)
• reedloden 12y ago
  Indeed, pretty slow, as confirmed by https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2014-July/011948.html https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2014-Jul...
• tijs 12y ago
  not if your in western europe. it's a german service so i guess it makes more sense if your closer to germany.