DNS Servers?

[BEn_2600+]

Hi, My ISP Is UKOnline and recently i have been having trouble with a few sites not loading, so i changed my dns server to: 212.23.3.100, this has fixed a few probs but some sites i cannot access is this a problem with my dns server? Alo which dns server is the best i could use(My ISP's seems a bit crap).

Sorry if i sound a bit noob lol

thanks in advance Ben

 

[BEn_2600+]

Hi, thanks a lot for the reply. I pinged several dns servers and used the one with the fastest reply it was:16ms does this sound right? Im on 8mb/768k ADSL max.

Internet browsing has sped up using this server

Thanks anyway i appreciate your help

Ben