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Re:Lizard Stresser Runs on Hacked Home Routers by mahouse on Friday January 09, 2015 @01:31PM (#8863547)
Not really. Some (most?) ISPs have servers in their own networks that can speed up the loading of, for example, YouTube videos. By not using your ISP's DNS servers, you will miss them.
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Re:Lizard Stresser Runs on Hacked Home Routers by ericd on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:04PM (#8863746)
Ironically, the most common fix for slow choppy youtube videos is to swap out your ISP's DNS.
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