in reply to Re^4: Where is my site hosted?
in thread Where is my site hosted?

Ok, then "almost certainly" is over-stated. But it's certainly one of the easiest places to look and especially for the the larger ISPs (which are statistically more likely to be the host) it would work.

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Re^6: Where is my site hosted?
by sauoq (Abbot) on Sep 25, 2005 at 17:49 UTC

    It is easy to look at but it's likely not to tell you anything or to send you off on a wild goose chase.

    Most registrars provide DNS service. If the guy's client decided to use his registrar's services, the ISP (big or small) would be irrelevant. If you went looking for perlmonk's host and you found its name servers were: 

    Name Server:NS2.DEVELOOPER.COM
Name Server:NS1.US.BITNAMES.COM
Name Server:NS2.US.BITNAMES.COM
Name Server:NS1.EU.BITNAMES.COM

    [download]
    what would be your next step?

    -sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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      However, if the host is AOL, Earthlink, or Speakeasy (which together cover close to 50% of all ISP users in the U.S.) the information on the DNS would give the required information (I just checked with all three). My suggestion is obviously not infallible, but compared to how much effort it takes to try, it is worth a shot.
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        AOL hosts domains for users? I didn't even know that... I know Earthlink does. I don't know about Speakeasy. But I'm pretty sure that the three of those wouldn't account for 50% of all webhosting. I suspect you are getting confused between webhosting and internet access.

        -sauoq
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