Hey gang, I’m considering using DNS4EU in Canada. My ping to their servers is ~130ms. That’s way longer than anything local which is on the order of 1-5ms. Apart from resolving uncached entries taking longer, is there any contraindication to using a DNS server with high latency?

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    So you’re asking if there is any other way to work around physics and get a better response time to servers that are thousands of miles away?

    No.

    Sorry.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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      4 days ago

      Not asking for a workaround. Asking if I’m missing some problem with using a slow DNS server I might run into, other than the obvious one.