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    Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    I'm a bit in the dark here, as off the top of my head I can think of what I'd call a good 'business class' domain hosting company. I need to move the '.com' domain for the business I work for away from our old ISP which also hosts it, we've kept their ADSL live as a backup just in case.

    The only guys that spring to mind are DynDNS, but to be honest I have no preference other than they need to be reputable, have some history, have a simple to use interface for admininstration and not cost the Earth (guys like GoDaddy are maybe too much on the cheap and nasty side ?).


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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    I'd always recommend Rackspace...

    For not-so businessy but still good - Dreamhost.

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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    Another vote for Rackspace - Support is supremely fast as acting on tickets.

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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    Daily or 123 reg if you want DNS that can be administered through a web interface. If you want more than that why not get a roll your own with linux if you don't have access to a box why not get a virtual machine with linux on it from say slicehost. DNS has to be the easiest thing to setup. If its for business do you actually want a roaming name system like DyDNS offers?
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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    I'm leaning towards 123 Reg due to the web interface for DNS administration, Rackspace is maybe overkill for me ?.

    One thing I've never been certain of though, when transfering a domain do all current DNS settings (MX records etc) get transfered over intact, or are they effectivley wiped clean with the domain acting as if it has just been registered ?.
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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    When I've moved domains the DNS is wiped clean.
    Usually you can grab all this info from the original DNS provider and bung it in to the new one.

    Rackspace may be overkill, but they are one of the best providers out there for business services.

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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    123 reg is owned by pipex these days so is not some fly by night organisation. DNS will be wiped when you transfer it, also the nameserver will probably point at your old provider as well. If you want a losses move you need to roll your own DNS servers, update your old provider to use these then move your service to your new provider, which will keep the nameservers the same, then downgrade back to the web interface (ie use there DNS servers).
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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    I use 123-reg with dreamhost as they both give me all of the access and freedom I need to run a few small business sites and personal sites.

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    Re: Good 'business class' domain hosting ?

    Thanks for the advice everyone
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