DNS Server

[4GHoward]

What company does wireless companies use for DNS Servers?

[Duffman]

Sprint has their own DNS servers.

[4GHoward]

Sprint has their own DNS servers.

 

Where are their locations?

[Duffman]

Sprint maintains two redundant data centers though I cannot remember where they were. I suspect the DNS servers would be there. Why?

[4GHoward]

Can using other DNS Servers like OpenDNS show significant changes to service?

[Duffman]

Can using other DNS Servers like OpenDNS show significant changes to service?

 

You bet. I prefer Google's DNS servers of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. I doubt where Sprint's servers are would make much of a difference but I would bet that they would be slower and more problematic then Google's.

 

There was a big East Coast outage where a specific model of card could not get to any webpage unless you used its IP address. Sprint took a couple of weeks to find and fix that so I just changed people to Google.

[4GHoward]

You bet. I prefer Google's DNS servers of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. I doubt where Sprint's servers are would make much of a difference but I would bet that they would be slower and more problematic then Google's.

 

There was a big East Coast outage where a specific model of card could not get to any webpage unless you used its IP address. Sprint took a couple of weeks to find and fix that so I just changed people to Google.

 

Have you tried any other DNS Servers such as OpenDNS?

[Duffman]

Have you tried any other DNS Servers such as OpenDNS?

 

Yes.

[4GHoward]

Yes.

 

Which ones? I use OpenDNS.

[Duffman]

 

Which ones? I use OpenDNS.

 

Google.