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Steve James wrote:
> 2009/12/3 Oliver Humpage <oliver at watershed.co.uk>:
>> On 3 Dec 2009, at 17:41, Richard Dennys wrote:
>>
>>> not sure I understand the problem that google is trying to fix?
>>>
>>> http://bit.ly/7Ti5tM
>> I think the problem being solved by Google here is "we need more power
>> and control."
>>
>> It really has a land grab feel to it, don't like it at all.
>>
> Maybe so.. but I've been having problems with both Virgin's and BT's
> DNS (possibly also the router in office) but using Open DNS has
> resolved these issues.
> 
> So the problem Google is solving .. making available another DNS
> server so you can choose something other than your ISP's DNS
> offerings.

And of course you can expect them to be indexing your DNS queries
whilst they work out what to do with the information...

James