Your ISP automatically assigns DNS servers when your router or computer connects to the internet via DHCP... but you don't have to use those.
Below are free DNS servers you can use instead of the ones assigned, the best and most reliable of which, from the likes of Google and OpenDNS, you can find below:
See How Do I Change DNS Servers? for help. More help is below this table.
Free & Public DNS Servers (Valid April 2018)
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| Level31 | 209.244.0.3 | 209.244.0.4 | ||
| Verisign2 | 64.6.64.6 | 64.6.65.6 | ||
| Google3 RECOMMENDED | 8.8.8.8 | 8.8.4.4 | ||
| Quad94 | 9.9.9.9 | 149.112.112.112 | ||
| DNS.WATCH5 | 84.200.69.80 | 84.200.70.40 | ||
| Comodo Secure DNS | 8.26.56.26 | 8.20.247.20 | ||
| OpenDNS Home6 | 208.67.222.222 | 208.67.220.220 | ||
| Norton ConnectSafe7 | 199.85.126.10 | 199.85.127.10 | ||
| GreenTeamDNS8 | 81.218.119.11 | 209.88.198.133 | ||
| SafeDNS9 | 195.46.39.39 | 195.46.39.40 | ||
| OpenNIC10 | 69.195.152.204 | 23.94.60.240 | ||
| SmartViper | 208.76.50.50 | 208.76.51.51 | ||
| Dyn | 216.146.35.35 | 216.146.36.36 | ||
| FreeDNS11 | 37.235.1.174 | 37.235.1.177 | ||
| Alternate DNS12 | 198.101.242.72 | 23.253.163.53 | ||
| Yandex.DNS13 | 77.88.8.8 | 77.88.8.1 | ||
| UncensoredDNS14 | 91.239.100.100 | 89.233.43.71 | ||
| Hurricane Electric15 | 74.82.42.42 | |||
| puntCAT16 | 109.69.8.51 | |||
| Neustar17 | 156.154.70.1 | 156.154.71.1 | ||
| Cloudfare18 RECOMMENDED |
1.1.1.1 | 1.0.0.1 | ||
| Fourth Estate19 | 45.77.165.194 | |||