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Amazon/Google might be a little annoyed if every Belkin router on the planet started pinging them.

• darkstar999 12y ago
  They would love it. Why do you think they provide public DNS in the first place?
  • vertex-four 12y ago
    Google provide public DNS because they think they can make people's DNS faster and more reliable, which causes web pages to load faster and more reliably, causing Internet users to be happier when using the Internet, and therefore providing more analytics data and ad revenue to Google.
    • deleted 12y ago
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    • gonzo 12y ago
      and, they know where people are looking/surfing/...
• smsm42 12y ago
  They probably get much more legit traffic than that. Router doesn't need to do it that frequently, only when it needs to find out if internet connection is alive. Which is usually on boot and maybe on infrequent occasions after that. So they wouldn't even notice.
  • davidu 12y ago
    No. Terrible idea: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/ http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/