On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:31:41 -0500, golinux@??? wrote in message
<eae785bcb80fd0d95d83e4f006ee442c@???>:

> On 2018-10-15 22:22, mett wrote:
> > On 2018年10月16日 11:16:30 JST, golinux@??? wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 05:30:56PM -0500, golinux@??? wrote
> >>>
> >> It is incredibly annoying to be connected to a rather fast pipe yet
> >> have
> >> to travel on what feels like 56k connection to get to where I can
> >> benefit from it.
> >>>
> >>> golinux
> >>>
> >>
> >> With help from my Devuan friends the connection times have improved
> >> significantly. After little poking around and a very interesting
> >> talk with my ISP, I decided that the ISP's DNS resolver was
> >> contributing significantly to the slow connection times. A
> >> suggestion from a Devuan ninja, encouraged me install unbound. I
> >> was instructed to put the IP in
> >>
> >> /etc/resolv.conf and to enable the prepend (I can't remember
> >> exactly where). Now my connection times are mostly pretty snappy.
> >>
> >> This has been an interesting, informative thread and I appreciate
> >> everyone who shared their thoughts.
> >>
> >> Till next time,
> >>
> >> golinux
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > By the way,
> > that means that was not some
> > No-Net-Neutrality's effect
> > if I understand correctly.
> >
>
> Can't say for sure. Wouldn't Comcast/Spectrum/RoadRunner(TWC) be able
> to throttle traffic more effectively using their in-house DNS
> service? Maybe unbound escapes their reach?

..any difference running with and without Tor?

> Just speculating here
> because as everyone has gathered, I am pretty clueless about the
> finer points of networking.

..is what much too easily happens, when things just work. :o)

> I had no idea when I started this thread that it would turn into such
> an informative monster. The collective wealth of knowledge on this
> list is stunning. While most of it is way over my head, I have
> picked up a few things and now have plenty of references if I get
> whacked again by a network issue. Again, thanks to all.
>
> golinux


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