OpenDNS

[#1]

Has anyone used or is using OpenDNS ? If so has this improved your internet connection in terms of speed and is it worth doing ?

[#2]

I am using it, it has solved some intermittent issues that I was having - it's probably best to have one PN and one openDNS in your settings in case there is ever an issue with either one.

[#3]

I use Treewalk which doesn't do substitutions when you don't get the name right.

[#4]

Treewalk is just another version of the DNS client service in Windows which does exactly the same job though granted it might be more efficient.
Personally I think PN need to look at adding more nodes to their DNS resolver service as I think it struggles to cope a little at times.

[#5]

@techguy:
http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/03/13/about-the-plusnet-authoritative-dns-system/
B.

[#6]

Very interesting Barry.
Do you not notice occasional slowdowns?

[#7]

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Posted by: adiewoo : it's probably best to have one PN and one openDNS in your settings in case there is ever an issue with either one.

Seconded, but prefer the other way round...............

[#8]

Opendns does other things besides DNS like it warns of any false sites and you can setup a free account and restrict access to sites for kids etc. I use it as one dns and plusnet as the other so I get the best of both worlds this way if one goes down I carry on as normal