In reply to a post by RainmakerRaw:

ControlD Malware blocked 99.94%.

Control D could do with better peering. There are no intermediate hops between my ISP and Cloudflare, Google and Quad9, the same is not true for Control D.

Edited by Oliver341 (Fri 01-Mar-24 10:05:07)

I've started using NextDNS and although lacking some of the features of Control.D, I like the interface better and is only £18/yr.

In reply to a post by smouty:

I've started using NextDNS and although lacking some of the features of Control.D, I like the interface better and is only £18/yr.

I've never counted my queries, were you hitting the free 300,000 queries/month limit?

I never checked but I really don’t mind supporting at that sort of price.

In reply to a post by smouty:

I never checked but I really don’t mind supporting at that sort of price.

Fair enough, indeed how the free DNS services are funded is an interesting question. For instance some have pointed out that Quad9 is partly funded by the City of London Police, who are quite active in chasing people who infringe copyright through PIPCU.

I have around 30k queries a day. Too many IoT/Alexa devices 😩

Averaging around 110,000 queries per day here, but that's a family of 6 plus servers plus homelab plus IoT plus toys.

In reply to a post by longedge:

Ta everyone. Avoiding a single source seems sensible and the way to go so I've opted for Quad9 and Cloudflare.

Unfortunately this is a bad idea, as what one source might block another will let through, so you will get inconsistent DNS results.