especially one with such uniformly poor latency when compared to ISP-cobbled together crap it's supposed to replace, anywhere I've ever seen it deployed.
That seems overly negative: Google DNS is consistently better performing for me than other public DNS services except for Level 3's 4.2.2.1 &c because I'm on their network.
Google's public DNS uses anycast, so the performance should be good in most places, perhaps your experience is the result of your geographical location or ISP's network?
> other public DNS services except for Level 3's 4.2.2.1
Level 3 doesn't actually run a public DNS service, they run DNS servers that happen to permit requests from non-customers. You'd be well advised not to use it outside L3's network.
That seems overly negative: Google DNS is consistently better performing for me than other public DNS services except for Level 3's 4.2.2.1 &c because I'm on their network.
Google's public DNS uses anycast, so the performance should be good in most places, perhaps your experience is the result of your geographical location or ISP's network?
Care to elaborate on the poisoned reddit records?