Comparison of TM DNS, Google DNS and Cloudflare DNS from East Malaysia for Akamai CDN (used by streaming sites such as VIU) as at today.
TM DNS
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.8 <<>> gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net @1.9.1.9
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38676
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. 185 IN CNAME gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net.
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net. 5704 IN CNAME a922.w10.akamai.net.
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 58.27.14.208
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.186
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.42
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.40
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.184
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.179
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.56
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.178
a922.w10.akamai.net. 11 IN A 203.106.94.43
;; Query time: 20 msec
;; SERVER: 1.9.1.9#53(1.9.1.9)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 01 15:22:00 Malay Peninsula Standard Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 276
Google DNS
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.8 <<>> gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11776
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. 218 IN CNAME gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net.
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net. 9462 IN CNAME a922.w10.akamai.net.
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.179
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.42
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.186
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.184
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.43
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.56
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 58.27.14.208
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.40
a922.w10.akamai.net. 19 IN A 203.106.94.178
;; Query time: 47 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 01 15:22:01 Malay Peninsula Standard Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 276
Cloudflare DNS
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; <<>> DiG 9.16.8 <<>> gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 527
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 7, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net. 292 IN CNAME gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net.
gcpvuclip-a.akamaihd.net.edgesuite.net. 21592 IN CNAME a922.w10.akamai.net.
a922.w10.akamai.net. 12 IN A 23.50.232.183
a922.w10.akamai.net. 12 IN A 184.86.250.19
a922.w10.akamai.net. 12 IN A 184.86.250.9
a922.w10.akamai.net. 12 IN A 23.50.232.185
a922.w10.akamai.net. 12 IN A 23.50.232.199
;; Query time: 50 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 01 15:22:03 Malay Peninsula Standard Time 2021
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 212
Not only is Cloudflare no longer the fastest responding DNS, but it also returns non-optimal IPs (which at the moment is unusable due to International routing issues) for Akamai CDN as can be seen in the ping test below:
IP returned by TM and Google DNS
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Pinging 203.106.94.179 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 203.106.94.179: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=61
Reply from 203.106.94.179: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=61
Reply from 203.106.94.179: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=61
Reply from 203.106.94.179: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=61
Ping statistics for 203.106.94.179:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 21ms, Average = 20ms
IP returned by Cloudflare DNS
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Pinging 23.50.232.183 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 23.50.232.183: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=56
Request timed out.
Reply from 23.50.232.183: bytes=32 time=332ms TTL=56
Reply from 23.50.232.183: bytes=32 time=336ms TTL=56
Ping statistics for 23.50.232.183:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 332ms, Maximum = 336ms, Average = 333ms
Therefore I have switched back to using Google DNS and the streaming services are working smoothly with max resolution now.