I didn’t think it would improve my speeds that much, but wow; everything pops up crisp now. Check out OpenDNS.com.
Don’t have to sign up for anything, just change the DNS entries in your router and you’re good to go. It will fix your typos like www.gotshoo.cmo, correcting it to www.gotshoo.com. I don’t know how they do it, but they have some anti-phishing protection.
Very cool.
My typical time to load a page went from 2-5 secs to literally .5 sec.
This is a subject that has been widely discussed in the Insightbb forum on BroadbandReports. Chris Pirillo was one of the first people I saw make mention of it as well.
http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/07/18/boost-your-internet-speed-free/
He has covered this subject a few times.
Forums » Inside Insight » [Speeds] Anyone else tested OpenDNS
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16532958
I’ve been using this service for some time now. No complaints. Chris’s site seems to be slow to come up. But others not using OpenDNS have seen this as well. So I don’t think that issue is do to the OpenDNS usage.
Glad to hear you found OpenDNS, and that it’s working so well for you.
Cheers,
John Roberts
OpenDNS
That’s awesome that the VP of OpenDNS commented on your blog like within a day of you writing it. I’ve written about our government countless times, but its VP has yet to give me so much as a what-what.
Who knew I’d be so lucky? Dave, maybe some day you’ll be lucky enough to get a comment from Guss Gordon.