You will probably be surprised to learn that the history of Anycast DNS began more than 30 years ago. So, it took a long way to become that great technology that it is today. Actually, the first documented use of anycast routing for topological load-balancing of Internet-connected services was in 1989. Four years later, the method was officially registered in the IETF in RFC 1546. Nowadays, it is very commonly used based on the fact that it provides a lot of benefits. Read more about how Anycast DNS is created!