I see what you mean. It's probably best I dont register SMB.com then. I checked whois to discover the server for BA and found out it is in fact pair.com and they are still my first choice. It would be interesting to hear some blunt critical verdicts on how well it performs from old timers here. Are you happy with the speed of BA's board and the frequency of any downtime? My choosing to be remotely hosted by MyIkonboards IBpro while I worked on the new board has cost me many hours of work on it. I don't want to make a similar mistake moving it to my own server. Which plan are you on? Is it webmaster or higher mr BA? I was emailed a response from their sales department today and the webmaster plan looks ok.