Thread: not consider irish anymore

Sorry I didn't see this post until now

Originally Posted by seodave

Something has changed and thus I reckon I'm going to switch hosts, the obvious choice is blacknight, but i don't actually know much about the company itself, michele whats your unique selling point? reliabity is like?

Rather than answer that directly I'd ask you to check out some of our clients and see why they use us. There are a few of them on here....

Originally Posted by seodave

And most importantly your machines are phyiscally based in the republic right?

Yes. All of our shared hosting is physically located in Dublin.

If you're into IPs etc., here's a bit of info for you to play with:

Code:

blacknight@palermo:~$ host irishwebmasterforum.com
irishwebmasterforum.com has address 81.17.240.200

Code:

whois 81.17.240.200
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% Information related to '81.17.240.0 - 81.17.240.255'

inetnum:        81.17.240.0 - 81.17.240.255
netname:        IE-BLACKNIGHT-INFRA
descr:          Blacknight Network Infrastructure
descr:          Abuse Contact - abuse@blacknight.ie
remarks:        All abuse/spam/hacking reports: abuse@blacknight.ie
country:        IE
admin-c:        PK2608-RIPE
admin-c:        MN2067-RIPE
tech-c:         PK2608-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
mnt-lower:      MNT-BLACKNIGHT
mnt-routes:     MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Paul Kelly
address:        Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
address:        Unit 12A Barrowside Business Park
address:        Sleaty Road
address:        Carlow Town
address:        Ireland
phone:          +353-59-9183091
nic-hdl:        PK2608-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Michele Neylon
address:        Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
address:        Unit 12A Barrowside Business Park
address:        Sleaty Road
address:        Carlow Town
address:        Ireland
phone:          +353-59-9183090
nic-hdl:        MN2067-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '81.17.240.0/20AS39122'

route:          81.17.240.0/20
descr:          IE-BLACKNIGHT-PA
origin:         AS39122
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

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% Information related to 'AS39122'

aut-num:        AS39122
as-name:        BLACKNIGHT-AS
descr:          Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
org:            ORG-BISL2-RIPE
remarks:
remarks:        ---- Transit Providers ----
export:         to AS31458 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Smart Telecom (Transit)
import:         from AS31458 accept ANY
export:         to AS3257 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # Tiscali (Transit)
import:         from AS3257 accept ANY
export:         to AS3356 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # Level3 (Transit)
import:         from AS3356 accept ANY
remarks:
remarks:        ---- INEX Peerings ----
export:         to AS9196 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # Netsource
import:         from AS9196 accept AS-NETSOURCE
export:         to AS2128 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # INEX
import:         from AS2128 accept AS-INEXIE
export:         to AS25441 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Irish Broadband
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export:         to AS2110 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # Esat
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export:         to AS31122 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Digiweb
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export:         to AS34317 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Clearwire
import:         from AS34317 accept AS34317
export:         to AS29650 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Hosting365
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export:         to AS12293 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Internet Ireland
import:         from AS12293 accept AS12293
export:         to AS16171 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Strencom
import:         from  AS16171 accept AS16171
export:         to AS34245 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Magnet
import:         from AS34245 accept AS-MAGNETLOCAL
export:         to AS31641 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Bytel
import:         from AS31641 accept AS31641
export:         to AS8068 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT   # Microsoft
import:         from AS8068 accept AS-MICROSOFTEU
export:         to AS34912 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Interfusion
import:         from AS34912 accept AS-IFN
export:         to AS39233 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Blueface
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export:         to AS34505 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # VistaTec
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export:         to AS41073 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # RTE
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export:         to AS35272 announce AS-BLACKNIGHT  # Imagine
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tech-c:         PK2608-RIPE
tech-c:         MN2067-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
mnt-routes:     MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

organisation:   ORG-BISL2-RIPE
org-name:       Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
org-type:       LIR
address:        Unit 12a, Barrowside Business Park
                Sleaty Road,Carlow Town
address:        N/A
address:        Carlow
address:        Ireland
phone:          +353599783072
fax-no:         +353599164239
admin-c:        PK2608-RIPE
admin-c:        MN2067-RIPE
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-ref:        MNT-BLACKNIGHT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Paul Kelly
address:        Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
address:        Unit 12A Barrowside Business Park
address:        Sleaty Road
address:        Carlow Town
address:        Ireland
phone:          +353-59-9183091
nic-hdl:        PK2608-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Michele Neylon
address:        Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
address:        Unit 12A Barrowside Business Park
address:        Sleaty Road
address:        Carlow Town
address:        Ireland
phone:          +353-59-9183090
nic-hdl:        MN2067-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

person:         Blacknight Ripe Administrator
address:        Unit 12a, Barrowside Business Park
address:        Sleaty Road
address:        Graigcullen
address:        Carlow Town
phone:          +353-59-9183072
nic-hdl:        BK1903-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-BLACKNIGHT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

I thought your servers are located in the Netherlands

Originally Posted by blacknight

Sorry I didn't see this post until now

Rather than answer that directly I'd ask you to check out some of our clients and see why they use us. There are a few of them on here....

and here's one!

I've been using Blacknight for quite a few years now. I won't mention names but I was with a couple of others before that and found them overpriced and underprofessional.

I have had a few problems in my time with Blacknight. Most of them were my own fault. Every time I phone BK or mail them they are patient and very quick. A few times I have had problems that weren't directly related to my account, but they were just as helpful.

There was one case at the beginning of the year involving domain registrations [Michele will know what I am talking about ] where they went way above and beyond the call of duty.

Couldn't recommend 'em highly enough.

I reckon that's worth a years free hosting Michele?

P.S. Forgot to mention - servers are in Dublin

Originally Posted by georgiecasey

I thought your servers are located in the Netherlands

Not 100% sure on this but i think BK have a co-lo thingy majiggy going on over there. And yes I do beleive thingy mijiggy is the correct technical jargon.

I moved to Blacknight few years back, coming form a hosting company that used to do my t**ts in.
Got fed-up and looked around to find blacknight. Moved few websites at the start and based on the service i got and I have to say, brilliant, i have moved all the other website as well. Never looked back since and never even bother to shop around anymore.
The back-up service is outstanding, not very common for an Irish company, and I was never put on the long finger.
All issues has been dealt with professionally and got all my problems and demands sorted immediately. When I needed something, was just a phone call away or an email. Michele, Paul, Jimmy and there was another guy that is not there any-longer have been (and still are ) one of the best peoples to work with.

Originally Posted by georgiecasey

I thought your servers are located in the Netherlands

We have *some* servers in Amsterdam. Most of the clients who were using them have been moved back to our main network in Dublin

ALL of our shared hosting is in Dublin (apart from some legacy stuff overseas for SEO reasons)

emmm sounds good, but how difficult is it to transfer across, it there abilty to sync directory from my current host?

You need to ftp all your files again after the transfer is done. You can only transfer the domain to another hosting company, the rest has to be done manually by ftp. Make sure you have a copy of all your files before beginning the transfer.

Originally Posted by seodave

The host Im with a the moment has its IP blocked register to ireland but actually their physical servers are in the states, up until recently my site appeared in the pages from ireland and also appeard to get a bit of a boost for google.ie searchs in general because it was based in lreland.

The accuracy of some of the IP lists that the SEs use varies considerably. Most of the simple IP lists are based on the delegated lists which do not generally carry subnets. So you could have an entire range in the delegated lists showing up as US but it might have various subnets that are allocated to other countries such as IE. But to the SEs using the simple list, all these are US IPs/sites.

Regards...jmcc