Question to moderators

[suttontrust]

I've just downloaded the Netcraft toolbar, a programme which brings up information on every website you visit - when the site came into existence and where the IP is based.  And I'm surprised to find that Rootschat is based in America.  Is this an American venture?

[Boongie Pam]

I know the answer is NO. 

But don't know the technical reason you are seeing what you seeing - Trystan I'm sure will fill us in.  I think it is because the data etc is held on a server in america.

Cheers,
Pam

[suttontrust]

Site http://www.rootschat.com Last reboot 70 days ago
Domain rootschat.com Netblock owner EV1Servers
IP address 207.44.250.9 Site rank 9427
Country  US Nameserver ns1.ev1servers.net
Date first seen February 2003 DNS admin admin@ev1.net
Organisation unknown Reverse DNS rootschat.com

This is the info.  I suspect you're right about just using an American server.  I hope so, anyway.

[acorngen]

They are using an american hosting company take a look at http://www.ev1servers.net/ 

I guess its the cheapest they could find with the amount of giga bytes they would need

gen

[trystan]

Yes, two of our four servers are in a datacentre in the US (Another server is in Germany, then another is in Canada) in order so that we can meet best performance for price, but you can rest assured that we administer RootsChat from (and live in) Bury, Lancashire - the home of the "Black Pudding" and the "World Famous Bury Market" (that nobody's heard of), and the home of the late Robert Peel who founded the Police Service for whom we owe also the term "Bobbies".

So no, it's not an American venture , but yet another British hairbrained idea, I'm afraid.

Our moderators, too are spread as far as Marmite.

Trystan