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NextDNS significant performance issues

I live in St Louis and am experiencing NextDNS performance issues from Spectrum Home internet via DoQ.

My mobile device is also experiencing issues via Android Private DNS on T-Mobile.

I am running continuous pings to 8.8.8.8 successfully, but NextDNS 

I've been using NextDNS for years in 3 states and no issues until yesterday/today. Provided diagnostic below.

NextDNS Network Diagnostic

Client
ASN: AS20115 CHARTER-20115
Country: US
Has IPv6: false
Created: 2026-01-10T13:30:33.000Z
Status
SrcIP: 75.133.172.138
Client: redacted
DestIP: 45.76.21.53
Server: vultr-chi-1
Status: ok
Protocol: DOH
Top
Steering
Ultra Low Latency
Primary: smarthost-mci (25 ms)
1192.168.1.2546 ms3 ms3 ms
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4lag-100.crr01olvemo.netops.charter.com (96.34.48.94)26 ms14 ms12 ms
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7stlo-b5-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.12.6)15 ms14 ms19 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
8stlo-b4-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.132.218)15 ms14 ms12 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
9kanc-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.143.162)22 ms24 ms22 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
10kanc-b3-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.113.81)25 ms24 ms25 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
11nocix-ic-372039.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.147.181)24 ms23 ms25 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
1269.30.209.21725 ms23 ms28 msAS32097 WII
13100ge-0-26.edge-b.clay.as33387.net (69.30.209.197)24 ms23 ms30 msAS32097 WII
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Secondary: zepto-mci (20 ms)
1192.168.1.2545 ms4 ms6 ms
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4lag-100.crr01olvemo.netops.charter.com (96.34.48.94)12 ms13 ms12 ms
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7stlo-b5-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.12.6)36 ms14 ms18 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
8stlo-b4-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.132.218)21 ms15 ms14 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
9kanc-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.143.162)25 ms24 ms25 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
10kanc-b3-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.113.81)24 ms22 ms24 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
11nocix-ic-372039.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.147.181)23 ms23 ms21 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
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14173.208.233.1018 ms18 ms29 msAS32097 WII
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17dns.nextdns.io (170.39.225.135)19 ms16 ms24 msAS917 MISAKA
Anycast
Primary: err: Get "https://dns.nextdns.io/info": dial tcp 45.90.28.0:443: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (0 ms)
1192.168.1.2546 ms4 ms4 ms
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4lag-100.crr01olvemo.netops.charter.com (96.34.48.94)14 ms11 ms12 ms
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7lag-16.ear1.stl1.sp.lumen.tech (4.68.111.165)14 ms13 ms12 msAS3356 LEVEL3
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9CHOOPA-LLC.ear4.Chicago2.Level3.net (4.14.14.158)51 ms67 ms68 msAS3356 LEVEL3
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Secondary: anexia-chi (20 ms)
1192.168.1.2545 ms5 ms6 ms
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4lag-100.crr01olvemo.netops.charter.com (96.34.48.94)12 ms11 ms12 ms
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7stlo-b5-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.12.6)16 ms13 ms24 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
8chi-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.143.164)19 ms26 ms26 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
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10209.170.76.3418 ms17 ms17 msAS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
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2 replies

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    • gorilla_p
    • 7 days ago
    • Reported - view
    • gorilla_p
    • 16 hrs ago
    • Reported - view

    Having issues again. Ultralow latency primary and anycast primary both not looking good.

     

    dest IP: 45.90.28.250
      server: vultr-chi-1
    Fetching PoP name for ultra low latency primary IPv4 (ipv4.dns1.nextdns.io)
      smarthost-mci: 20.757ms
    Fetching PoP name for ultra low latency secondary IPv4 (ipv4.dns2.nextdns.io)
      zepto-mci: 20.838ms
    Fetching PoP name for anycast primary IPv4 (45.90.28.0)
      vultr-chi: 16.552ms
    Fetching PoP name for anycast secondary IPv4 (45.90.30.0)
      anexia-chi: 104.995ms
    Pinging PoPs
      anexia-dal: 23.735ms
      smarthost-mci: 23.727ms
      anexia-atl: 34.834ms
      cloudzy-pit: 100.826ms
      zepto-mci: 23.822ms
      vultr-atl: 106.183ms
      vultr-dal: 29.336ms
    Traceroute for ultra low latency primary IPv4 (185.240.84.237)
        1  192.168.1.254   93ms 163ms  47ms
        2                   *     *     *
        3 159.111.130.116   30ms 162ms  50ms
        4                   *     *     *
        5    96.34.2.164  205ms 204ms  18ms
        6    96.34.3.116   60ms 160ms  51ms
        7    62.115.12.6   87ms 100ms 130ms
        8 62.115.132.218   37ms 207ms 202ms
        9                   *     *     *
       10                   *     *     *
       11 62.115.147.181   47ms 135ms  78ms
       12                   *     *     *
       13  69.30.209.197   73ms  63ms 102ms
       14 185.240.84.237   46ms 142ms  70ms
    Traceroute for ultra low latency secondary IPv4 (170.39.225.135)
        1  192.168.1.254   50ms   2ms   2ms
        2                   *     *     *
        3 159.111.130.116   11ms   9ms   9ms
        4                   *     *     *
        5    96.34.2.164   11ms   9ms  10ms
        6    96.34.3.116   13ms  11ms  11ms
        7    62.115.12.6   12ms  10ms  11ms
        8 62.115.132.218   15ms  10ms  11ms
        9                   *     *     *
       10                   *     *     *
       11 62.115.147.181   26ms  20ms  21ms
       12 173.208.128.131   20ms  20ms  20ms
       13  69.30.209.225   22ms  21ms  23ms
       14 173.208.233.10   23ms  20ms  18ms
       15 199.119.64.223   16ms  15ms  15ms
       16   170.39.225.4   21ms  15ms  15ms
       17 170.39.225.135   15ms  15ms  16ms
    Traceroute for anycast primary IPv4 (45.90.28.0)
        1  192.168.1.254   61ms 105ms 105ms
        2                   *     *     *
        3 159.111.130.116   37ms 213ms 203ms
        4                   *     *     *
        5     96.34.2.88  245ms  78ms 125ms
        6    96.34.3.116   52ms 109ms  99ms
        7   4.68.111.165    *    52ms 139ms
        8                   *     *     *
        9                   *     *     *
       10                   *     *     *
       11                   *     *     *
       12                   *     *     *
       13     45.90.28.0   18ms 104ms  99ms
    Traceroute for anycast secondary IPv4 (45.90.30.0)
        1  192.168.1.254    2ms   2ms   2ms
        2                   *     *     *
        3 159.111.130.116   18ms   9ms   9ms
        4                   *     *     *
        5     96.34.2.88   36ms  11ms  15ms
        6    96.34.3.116   10ms  18ms  10ms
        7    62.115.12.6   11ms  10ms  11ms
        8 62.115.143.164   15ms  15ms  15ms
        9  62.115.137.29   15ms  16ms  15ms
       10  209.170.76.34   17ms  16ms  17ms
       11     45.90.30.0   15ms  30ms  18ms
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