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lethalsniper
join:2010-10-01
North York, ON

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Changing rogers DNS

Would changing rogers DNS say to google DNS or another DNS improve my ping or latency or is rogers best suited for me.
gw280
join:2013-10-01
Canada

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Won't make any difference. It might improve your domain name resolve times, but that's all.
lethalsniper
join:2010-10-01
North York, ON

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Just ran a namebench DNS test and I got these guys for best DNS service-
Primary DNS -208.72.120.204 avarage ms was 39

Secondary sever - 64.71.255.204
These DNS are locate in Cambridge

Rogers was down the list for DNS for me
lethalsniper

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Rogers DNS ms avarage was 58
JAC70
join:2008-10-20
canada

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The reason to switch from using Rogers' DNS is because its historically unreliable, not because of latencies.
gw280
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Canada

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And in terms of gaming latency, think of the DNS server like a phonebook. Changing it might allow you to look up the address more quickly, but it won't speed up actually delivering something to that address.
lethalsniper
join:2010-10-01
North York, ON

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Then what improves gaming latency? More upload , download

damir
join:2013-12-12
CANADA

damir

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routing \ path to gaming servers?;)
lethalsniper
join:2010-10-01
North York, ON

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So there's nothing I can do about latency then I'm talkin about Xbox here.

sbrook
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join:2001-12-14
Ottawa

sbrook

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Nope ... nothing ... except go to gaming servers closer to you.

damir
join:2013-12-12
CANADA

damir

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I used to fix my 'routing' to World of Tanks server using a good VPN (lower latency\no packet loss compared to (at that time start.ca provider)).