Unregistered local domain yet internet access?

[Payne Freret]

Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> wrote:

> Why do you need to go to the cable DNS server?  If you run BIND on your
> machine it can go to the root DNS servers all by itself.

I've wondered about this question.  I would think that if my in-house
DNS server has slower access to the Internet than does my ISP's DNS
server, I would better off letting my ISP's nameserver resolve a name.
Is this true?

PF