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Google Public DNS comes up on WindowsForum.com mainly as a comparison point for Windows users weighing public resolvers. In the tagged discussion, Google's service edged Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 by roughly 0.3 milliseconds in a single September 22 MakeUseOf speed test, but the thread stresses that this result reflects one author's testing rather than a universal ranking. The more practical considerations for Windows users are logging policies, Cloudflare's optional DNS filtering, and whether a given network even permits changing resolvers. Google remains a reasonable default for standard DNS resolution, while the choice between providers deserves more thought than picking the lowest benchmark number.
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    Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Offers DNS Filtering as Google Edges Speed Tests

    Google Public DNS edged Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 by about 0.3 milliseconds in a September 22 MakeUseOf comparison, but for Windows users choosing a public DNS service, the more consequential differences are the providers’ logging policies, Cloudflare’s optional filtering, and whether the network...
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