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Best DNS setting to be used with BSNL broadband connection in India.

I have been using BSNL Dataone connection for over 4 years. After couple of months I noticed that some of the sites were not available because the BNSL DNS server was not resolving them (especially torrent site). By a simple change in the router, I moved to OpenDNS and have been happy ever since. However recently, I have started using CDN (Content Delivery Network) using AWS Cloudfront for my new shopping solution for schools and parents . On doing a trace-route, I noticed that my CDN network was getting resolved in Europe or Seattle. This was sad as AWS has data centers in Singapore and Hong-Kong which would be much closer to India that US or western Europe. I contemplated on moving back to BSNL DNS as the location of the server is crucial in resolving the CDN. That is when I discovered about Google Public DNS. I was sure Google DNS would be fast in resolving the DNS query due to their distributed architecture but would it be able to help me with the CDN as it also had a gloabl IP...