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Ping times

That's a good point. For me, Google's DNS pings ~73ms versus OpenDNS ~6ms. I wonder which one I'll stick with?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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P:\>ping 4.2.2.2

Pinging 4.2.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=56
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=56
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=56
Reply from 4.2.2.2: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 18ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 18ms

P:\>ping 208.67.222.222

Pinging 208.67.222.222 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=55
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=55
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=55
Reply from 208.67.222.222: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 208.67.222.222:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 19ms

P:\>ping 8.8.8.8

Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=239
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=239
Request timed out.
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=239

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 57ms, Maximum = 58ms, Average = 57ms

P:\>

They'll have to work on their response time and dropped packets..

Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 96, Lost = 4 (4% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 56ms, Maximum = 66ms, Average = 57ms

I'm showing OpenDNS to be on par with the 4.2.2.* crowd.
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Nameserver              Response Time (ms)
                        min/avg/max/stdev/retries

68.94.156.1             10.14/10.25/10.40/0.09/0
68.94.157.1             9.90/10.54/11.26/0.44/0
4.2.2.1                 20.46/21.09/21.59/0.45/0
4.2.2.3                 20.57/22.11/27.43/2.67/0
8.8.8.8                 61.54/62.01/62.33/0.27/0
8.8.4.4                 61.71/67.78/77.57/6.08/0
208.67.222.222          40.84/44.97/55.68/5.69/0
208.67.220.220          41.23/46.35/60.65/7.27/0

 Final benchmark results, sorted by nameserver performance:
 (average cached name retrieval speed, fastest to slowest)

   68. 94.157.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  + Cached Name   | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.029 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
  + Uncached Name | 0.013 | 0.054 | 0.175 | 0.052 | 100.0 |
  + DotCom Lookup | 0.014 | 0.138 | 0.684 | 0.193 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                   dnsr2.sbcglobal.net
                DNS Anycast Address Pool2

   68. 94.156.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  + Cached Name   | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.030 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
  + Uncached Name | 0.012 | 0.054 | 0.192 | 0.055 | 100.0 |
  + DotCom Lookup | 0.015 | 0.166 | 0.529 | 0.168 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                   dnsr1.sbcglobal.net
                 DNS Anycast Addressing

    4.  2.  2.  6 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.018 | 0.023 | 0.032 | 0.003 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.021 | 0.074 | 0.231 | 0.052 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.021 | 0.066 | 0.182 | 0.053 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                 vnsc-lc-dsl.genuity.net
                 Level 3 Communications

    4.  2.  2.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.036 | 0.004 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.022 | 0.088 | 0.229 | 0.068 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.023 | 0.083 | 0.215 | 0.059 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                  vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
                 Level 3 Communications

  204.194.234.200 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.041 | 0.005 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.033 | 0.089 | 0.217 | 0.053 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.025 | 0.126 | 0.211 | 0.065 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
          ··· no official Internet DNS name ···
                  ··· unknown owner ···

  204.194.232.200 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.043 | 0.006 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.033 | 0.101 | 0.244 | 0.063 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.024 | 0.130 | 0.214 | 0.058 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
          ··· no official Internet DNS name ···
                  ··· unknown owner ···

  208. 67.220.220 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.039 | 0.043 | 0.053 | 0.004 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.046 | 0.127 | 0.278 | 0.069 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.048 | 0.163 | 0.237 | 0.066 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                  resolver2.opendns.com
                      OpenDNS, LLC

  208. 67.222.222 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.040 | 0.046 | 0.063 | 0.006 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.047 | 0.132 | 0.318 | 0.077 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.041 | 0.158 | 0.232 | 0.064 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                  resolver1.opendns.com
                      OpenDNS, LLC

    8.  8.  4.  4 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.060 | 0.067 | 0.087 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.071 | 0.159 | 0.323 | 0.067 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.082 | 0.172 | 0.259 | 0.047 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
          ··· no official Internet DNS name ···
                 Level 3 Communications

    8.  8.  8.  8 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.059 | 0.067 | 0.080 | 0.006 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.067 | 0.159 | 0.324 | 0.074 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.091 | 0.181 | 0.257 | 0.052 | 100.0 |
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                  any-in-0808.1e100.net
                 Level 3 Communications

  UTC: 2009-12-03, from 20:47:01 to 20:47:47, for 00:46.316

reply to manfmmd
Ping time is not the same as DNS request response time. See this thread. »DNS Service Provider Performance Comparison

While it's info from last May, it may be pertinent. I am not sure the methodology used for data, but it appears the first-time request will not have the same response time as a second or third. For a more comprehensive test, that is.

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