> So basically the issue Google is trying to solve, is that in the US where the telecom market is completely failed, there aren't any ISPs which has DNS servers complying to the actual DNS spec or RFC 1035?
I've personally experienced dodgy DNS in US, Europe, and Asia. It's not a regional issue so much as a question of market failures: you don't buy a home router based on the quality of its DNS implementation and businesses which offer WiFi certainly don't, and many ISPs figure that NXDOMAIN hijaacking will cost them only a vanishingly small percentage of customers, if any, and see it as a net win.
If any of those apply to you, you have the choice of either going through a frustrating, likely futile, attempt to get the network fixed or you add 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 to your DNS server list and never think about it again.
> And everyone: Thanks for the highly enlightening downvotes for asking a IMO very valid question. It's appreciated, informative and certainly constructive.
If you don't want to be down-voted, be less confrontational in your replies and do your homework first. You might start by assuming that the people with considerably more experience have good reasons for going to the trouble of deploying a non-default option. A trivial search would show thousands of complaints suggesting that your view of the world is too narrow.