Google, OpenDNS Spur Global Internet Speedup Group

From eWeek: Google (NASDAQW:GOOG) Aug. 30 joined VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), OpenDNS, and several content delivery networks in launching the Global Internet Speedup initiative, a bid to boost Internet speeds all over the world.

The Global Internet Speedup is designed to improve the way communication within the Domain Name System (DNS) is handled by using the location of a computer user.

The DNS translates alphabetical domain names humans associated with Websites online into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment to locate and address computers, tablets and other computing machines.

Millions of users are accessing the Web several times a day, triggering multiple DNS requests for streaming video, social networks and multiplayer online games. This can bog down the Web page rendering process, which means users are sitting at their computers, waiting to view Web pages.

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