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I was on the Internet before and my web viewing experience was just shocking. I could barely load the pics on facebook and news paper sites had trouble rendering as the CSS file couldn't load up.
It felt like I was 56k again but I did a speed test and "apparently" my internet connection was going at about 1.3Mbits with a latency of 200ms.
Are there any other factors other than latency or speed that influences your web experience?
@Sameer: "Try using google DNS and see if that helps" can you explain what you mean by this? Google doesn't provide DNS outside their own domain... So while I agree DNS could be part of the problem I don't understand your proposed solution. – hotei – 2010-11-28T03:22:06.117
You wouldn't experience slow ping times if your ISP's DNS servers were overloaded. Typically, frequently-visited sites are stored locally anyway. – goblinbox – 2010-11-28T05:59:58.907
OpenDNS is another popular alternative with low pings – Force Flow – 2010-11-28T06:38:52.863
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@hotei, in fact they do. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are their public recursive DNS servers.
– whitequark – 2010-11-28T15:32:45.130@Whitequark: I stand corrected. Now I've got to decide if this is a bug or a feature. Google already knows too much about me from the search info they keep, do I really want them to know EVERY website I visit too? – hotei – 2010-11-29T20:08:37.897
@hotei, I think they want to provide an excellent service which will satisfy most of the users. And spy on you, too. – whitequark – 2010-11-30T04:45:24.380