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Have you tried Google's DNS?
Thursday, December 03, 2009 by Dave Winer.
This morning Google announced that they're now running a free DNS for everyone to use. 
The IP addresses: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
Why? Obviously they get a lot of data -- all the sites we're visiting.
Have you tried it? If not, why not?
If so, how is it? They say it's faster -- is it?
They say they won't screw with it. Do you believe them?
Update: I'm using it here on my LAN. Just changed the configuration of my router, so all my machines will start using their DNS.
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Dave Winer, 54, pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California.
"The protoblogger." - NY Times.
"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.
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"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.
"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.
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