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Author: Hendrik Boom
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Subject: Re: [DNG] Weird network issue - slow to resolve IPs
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 05:30:56PM -0500, golinux@??? wrote:
> On 2018-10-13 09:05, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:21:19 -0500
> > golinux@??? wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings everyone,
> > >
> > > Something funny is going on with my networking. It's taking a very
> > > long time to resolve host IPs across all browsers. It's been
> > > happening for a week or two but I'm just now getting annoyed enough
> > > to troubleshoot.
> >
> > Me too. I just noticed it about a month ago when I installed my own
> > Unbound resolver instead of just sending all queries to 8.8.8.8.
> >
> > Somebody later in this thread mentions that you shouldn't judge
> > resolution time by what the browser says. A few tests with dig and
> > nslookup tell me that with most domains I've never hit before (or which
> > have expired since I hit them), resolution usually takes less than a
> > second.
> >
> > In my case, I'm temporarily assuming that before installing my own
> > resolver I never noticed how much of slow browser loading was due to
> > browser's inefficient dns operations.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
>
> I have some food for thought to share but first an update. A technician
> came out today to check the line and setup. Line was clear and strong.
> Switched the modem and now getting 256 down. But . . . internet is still
> very slow to connect as verified by several of you. Once it gets to where
> it's going, it is really fast. So here's my conclusion . . .
>
> I think we are finally seeing the effects of the demise of Net Neutrality.
> Corporations are raking in a lot of money streaming videos to every
> imaginable device and the tech sites that I/we frequent are a low priority.
> So we are being bumped to the slow lane. Aaron Swartz and others saw this
> coming and it has finally arrived. Will be interesting to see just how bad
> it's going to get . . .


Have you tried timing connection time to sites that likely *are* in the
fast lane? Do we eveen now what they are?

-- hendrik

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