Sounds too good to be true or there must be a catch but I can assure you that there is not.

It seems a bit obvious but humans work with words and computers work with numbers. So when you type an address into the URL address bar of your favourite browser such as www.bbc.co.uk, in the background and unseen by you, your computer asks a Domain Server (DNS for short) what the IP address of the BBC.co.uk, typically 212.58.241.131. I’m sure you will agree that bbc.co.uk is far easier to remember than 212.58.241.131

All ISP’s (internet service providers) maintain DNS severs but not all DNS servers are equal. By this, I mean the actual server itself might be under powered, over loaded, not configured correctly, out of date especially when you consider the vast number of new web sites that are created every day. Therefore, a fast correctly operated and refreshed DNS server is vital for a quality browsing experience.

Poor DNS servers are recognised as being a significant contribution to slow browsing but fortunately, help is at hand. Those good folk at Google provide a free (which we like) public DNS service which in our experience is better than the majority of ISP’s.

If you have the technical knowledge, change the DNS settings in your router to 8.8.8.8 as the primary and 8.8.4.4 as the secondary DNS server otherwise our simple guide can be found here