In reply to a post by asbokid:

namebench reported quite a number of failed responses or timeouts from the Opal primary nameserver, deciding eventually that it was "probably broken". So maybe the Opal server is actually pretty fast but only while its load isn't heavy, at which point it just ignores requests?

Yes, that's the problem - you would expect the TT DNS to be the fastest for TT users as it is on the TT network, so that's no surprise. But, the reason I switched to Google DNS was because the TT DNS would intermittently hang taking ages to respond to the lookup. The effect in a web browser being that page loading hangs - stopping the page loading and reloading usually brought it back to life.

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

Would be happy to use the one in the OpenNIC, but wouldn't touch the others with a bargepole. As it happens, on Zen, using GRC DNS benchmark Zen's DNS servers are the best performing.

What is wrong with Open DNS? i can understand not wanting to use Googles. i have never heard of openNIC

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

What about customer traffic going through their antivirus system? Is this still the case? I don't like the sound of that.

My neighbor has a TalkTalk connection and there is something just not quite right about it that I can't put my finger on exactly, the equipment/router is all good, as I set it up for him. That said, this was probably before the recent policy change.

You mean their home safe, the one that sends everything to their Chinese partners servers. no thank you

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

What about customer traffic going through their antivirus system? Is this still the case? I don't like the sound of that.

My neighbor has a TalkTalk connection and there is something just not quite right about it that I can't put my finger on exactly, the equipment/router is all good, as I set it up for him. That said, this was probably before the recent policy change.

You mean their home safe, the one that sends everything to their Chinese partners servers. no thank you

You do know that you can opt out of homesafe? (Proof) Along with opting out of homesafe and using an anonymous OpenNIC DNS your TT connection is as good as anything out there

Edited by deleted (Mon 24-Jun-13 18:04:11)

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

i have never heard of openNIC

Then its time to educate yourself
http://www.opennicproject.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS

OpenDNS extends DNS (Domain Name System) adding features such as misspelling correction, phishing protection, and optional content filtering. It provides an ad-supported service[1] "showing relevant ads when we [show] search results" and a paid advertisement-free service.

Think that covers what is wrong with it.

That refers to their complete Umbrella service 'Cloud-delivered malware and botnet protection and Web filtering for all locations, users and device', not just the simple free pair of DNS servers.

If chinese kit is the worry you will be finding it hard to buy hardware without something from china in it

I was under the impression their bog standard DNS servers have features that redirect you away from malware and phishing sites etc.

Personally, I prefer to be in control of that...

Direct me to a malware or phishing site & I'll test it.