Best DNS server?

itachipirate · October 28, 2015

Hey I use Time Warner Cable internet in the United States so naturally my internet is overpriced and absolute shit. I was looking into ways to make it at least somewhat better, and I saw that changing your DNS can help. What are good DNSes in the United States? I live in upstate New York. Thanks guys! Any other tips to improve internet would be nice. I have 15down/1up and sometimes in Skype calls the quality just drops to garbage for a few seconds

rockking1379 · October 28, 2015

i have my router set to use google dns

itachipirate · October 28, 2015

Fastest way is to run your own local DNS caching server.

Is doing this difficult? Are there any good tutorials?

MariusJS · October 28, 2015

Fastest imo is google:

8.8.8.8

8.8.4.4

dalekphalm · October 29, 2015

Usually the ISP's DNS Server is your best option, since in theory, it should have the lowest latency.

With that in mind, some ISP's have better - or worse - DNS servers. You might consider using Google DNS, as listed above. You could use it as a backup DNS Server, or even as the primary.

I personally use my ISP's DNS Servers, with Google DNS as a backup, because they actually have really solid DNS Servers (TekSavvy - Ontario, Canada).