[squid-users] anyone know off hand where squid helps browsing on debian?

Anyone know off hand how much squid can contribute to browsing speed on
various platforms due to DNS caching? I just setup a debian system and
notice while browsing I had very low BW at times. I suspected it
may have been doing lots of DNS lookups since there
were
lots of long delays ( I guess I could have looked at packet traffic but
was too lazy). Anyway, apt-get install on squid and setup iceweasel to
use it seems to have done the trick. BW monitor shows I'm getting more
throughput and browser responds a lot better. Anyone know off hand what
DNS or other caching is on debian by default and where an
out-of-the-box squid install is likely to fix anything?

Thanks.

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