How Google Could Make Your Fast Internet Even Faster

Are you getting the fastest Internet service you can, but still experience times of slow connections, or lag when browsing online? It could be your Internet service provider’s Domain Name System, or DNS for short. One solution to this problem could be using a public DNS, or more specifically Google public DNS.  This article will cover what DNS does, why using Google DNS could speed up your Internet browsing, and how to setup Google DNS on your computer.

The Internet is made up of an enormous network of computers from across the globe. Each of those are assigned a unique number called an IP address. The Domain Name System uses Domain Name Servers (not to be confused with domain name system) to convert IP addresses to domain names like ISP1.com to be easily read, and remembered by humans. You can probably imagine how all of this traffic on a single DNS system could congest the information superhighway. That’s where using Google public DNS comes in.

In Google’s own words, “Many DNS service providers are not sufficiently provisioned to be able to support high-volume input/output and caching, and adequately balance load among their servers. In addition to load-balancing user traffic to ensure shared caching, Google Public DNS implements “smart” caching to increase the speed of responses.” In plain English what this means is your ISP could be congested. Not only congested, but they may not do a very good job of “directing traffic”. Even if you have fast Internet you have to wait on all the other traffic to clear, and new data to arrive (this is where caching comes in). Something like driving a Ferrari in downtown Manhattan rush hour traffic.

Google DNS basically does a better job of “directing” this traffic, and remembering where everything is in the first place. What’s more Google has more servers around the world than most Internet service providers. The closer you are to the DNS server, the faster your connection reaches its final destination. You can use Google DNS on your own computer, and it doesn’t cost a dime.

Setting this up should only take a couple of minutes, and even less if you know your way around your operating system. Because this can be set up on several different operating systems, computers, and even mobile devices it’s best to follow The official Google public DNS configuration instructions. Once you’re successfully setup, please let us know how this worked out for you. Are you experiencing faster connections, and better browsing speeds, worse, or the same?