For Friends in Costa Rica: If your internet sucks, try Google Public DNS
So here is a little tip for my friends in Costa Rica. If your internet connection seems lethargic, it might not be your connection speed that is the problem. Rather, the problem many times is with RACSA’s DNS servers. Basically, they suck. For my non-techie friends, DNS servers are responsible for translating named addresses, like ‘www.yahoo.com’ into numbered IP address (212.100.105.1) for example. RACSA’s DNS servers are many times ridiculously slow in this process, which is why many times it can seem to take ages after you type an address into your browser before the page starts to load.
Well, the Big G just did you a big favor a couple of days ago and created a new service called Google Public DNS. It is an alternative DNS service which Google is allowing the public to use for free. So instead of having to use RACSA’s slow DNS servers, you can easily reconfigure your computer (and probably your phone too) to start using Google’s (likely much faster) DNS servers.
For those who don’t need instructions on how to do this, the server addresses are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Just change them and you’re done. If you don’t know how to change your DNS settings, there are instructions for Windows and Mac here. You’re welcome!
