For those who still affected by slowdown did you try what is proposed at comment 134 ?
time dig -t a noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e A -e time time dig -t aaaa noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e AAAA -e time
And also
time getent hosts www.sixxs.net
And post the result?
For those who still affected by slowdown did you try what is proposed at comment 134 ?
time dig -t a noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e A -e time
time dig -t aaaa noc.sixxs.net +nofail | grep -e status -e AAAA -e time
And also
time getent hosts www.sixxs.net
And post the result?