changing DNS yourself
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- felizfeliz
I'm having a disagreement with my web hosting company. Unfortunately they 'hold' my domain name too. Checking whois, it shows my personal name as the owner of the domain, so that's cool. However I'm unable to change the DNS settings to transfer it to another company, like 123-reg.com which is who I'd prefer to use.
Is there a way to change the DNS settings without having to contact my web hosting company. It's a ridiculous system that a domain held in my name is out of my control.
- spmitch0
login into your account change DNS
- mydo0
if you registered the name with them and they don't have a control panel then your are completely screwed.
At the end of the day you have the right to the name, but it may require legal intervention to take back control.
- mydo0
- felizfeliz0
Yep, I don't have any control panel for it.
I thought as much... I'll just have to give them the cash they want and buy my way out of it...
Anyone know a proper responsible and honest UK based hosting company?
They all seem to be run by internet nerds with no business skills at all - no clue about customer service, probably cos they're spending too much time on warcraft rather than interacting with real human beings...
- mydo0
host in the states. i find it's the cheapest and best service. hostgator.com is brilliant. 24 hour live support. also i doubt you'll notice any speed difference. Do not host with xilo in the UK they're cunts and put me off hosting in the UK forever.
Transfer your domain names to godaddy, although chock full of upselling crap, they are cheap, secure, and DNS changes propagate internationally in seconds.
- felizfeliz0
anyone had any bad experiences with minthost.com ?
- mydo0
99.5% uptime means they are down for nearly 2 days a year. not great.
- mydo0
- TheyLookLikeUs0
I use http://www.3ix.org/, they say 99.9% uptime but they don't quite mean it, although their customer service is fast and friendly and they come with a lot of mostly useless extras.
- acescence0
this is why you should keep domain reg and hosting separate. you're looking to walk into the same situation all over again if you put all your eggs in one basket.