[consulting] Dedicated/Colocated Servers?

[Boerland, Bert]

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From: consulting-bounces at drupal.org

> I've seen instances where a hosting service went totally AWOL -- dropped
> off the face of the earth. By having the domain registration at another
> location, they were able to get another hosting service, restore
> backups, change the DNS, and be back up in very little total delay.

cant see how this would be a valid reason. since you own the domain, you can point where the dns-es would be. so when a provider goes AWOL you can go to your registar and point the DNS to the next ISP which you have choosen on better grounds than "3 dollar per month for unlimmited bandwith"