Notice a Faster Web Today? Thank the Global Internet Speedup

If you notice faster delivery of Web content today, consider yourself more than just lucky. In fact, you may well be a beneficiary of the Global Internet Speedup, a new, Google-backed effort to speed up the Web around the world.

The Global Internet Speedup was announced on Tuesday by OpenDNS--a key provider of domain name system (DNS) and Internet security services--along with Google and other leading content delivery networks (CDNs). Basically, it aims to make the Web faster for many users by more intelligently routing page requests to local servers.

"We're very excited to team with Google and the world's leading CDNs on such a significant improvement to the speed of the Internet," said OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch. "The initiative we've partnered on is based on open standards that any other network can adopt, making this technology available to anyone. We're stoked to be delivering speed improvements to our more than 30 million users and thousands of enterprise businesses."

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