DNS Host/Registering question

[xpertadvice4u]

If you register your domain with one company, and then point it at another for hosting *on another continent*, does it make any real difference in the speed of your site?

Thinking about using a South African company for registering and Canadian or UK for hosting....Looking for good sites with cheap "private DNS" options.

[joeker]

Nope...speed only becomes an issue starting with the DNS servers, and even then, it's better to have DNS at a different provider anyways, and DNS will likely not be effected by speed.

For registrations, I recommend: www.eurodns.com based in Luxembourg, they also include DNS services with the registration fee. (www.asiadns.com) is another good option

For hosting: EuroVPS.com for shared and VPS hosting, very good service with excellent support. They are based out of Greece, their servers are in the Netherlands.

For Dedicated hosting I recommend: www.49pence.com which is a subsidiary of RapidSwitch, an ISP in the UK. Very fast connections....they seem to be right on the main backbone in London...excellent pricing on dedicated servers.