Since when were domain registrations instantaneous?

[dmurray14]

I just registered a domain, and it went into effect immediately. I seem to remember it taking a day or to for the root servers to get the info...what happened?

 

[RossMAN]

Which domain registrar?

Is it a standard parked "coming soon" page -or- can you actually updated it real time?

 

[jfall]

I've had a few resolve in around 18 hours, but never any earlier.

 

[Fiveohhh]

I've had one at my isps dns servers resolve in about 12 hrs, also with same registrar and isp take a few days

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: jfall
I've had a few resolve in around 18 hours, but never any earlier.

The quickest I have ever seen was 20 minutes, I'm still amazed at that.

 

[Acts837]

I have seen a few quickes around half a day but some take as long as 3 days.

 

[rh71]

Depends where you are. You think people in Asia would see it as soon as you do ?

 

[HyTekJosh]

Yeah, I am interested as well as to who you used.

 

[dmurray14]

I used godaddy....it may have been something like 10 minutes, but no more. I honestly couldn't believe it...neither could any of my buddies. I thought maybe they changed things?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: rh71
Depends where you are. You think people in Asia would see it as soon as you do ?

why wouldn't they?

 

[HyTekJosh]

Well it really depends on how quickly the transaction is processed and how quickly the DNS servers around the world update. Some ISPs have better DNS than others whereas it updates quicker...that could explain it, but Godaddy still did a quick transaction...

 

[Fiveohhh]

Musta just got lucky and godaddy updated right than, and your isp updated right after that.

 

[rahvin]

Registration is instantaneous, DNS propagation is what takes time. You can often resolve from the SOA for the domain fairly instantaneously but the far reaches of the internet won't update for up to a couple days.

 

[Tetsuo]

Fastest DNS prop. I've had is ~8hours

 

[sygyzy]

To get quick DNS propagation you would just have to figure out the times it propagates throughout the day and register right before. Who cares though? The time you spend sitting aroudn waiting for the time, is the same as the time you would be waiting anyway if you had registered earlier.

 

[WannaFly]

the domian i registered through godaddy the other night was propogated completely within about 15 minutes. I thought that was weird. I had it hosted and put a webpage and had email running within a half an hour and everyone could access/use it!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: jfall
I've had a few resolve in around 18 hours, but never any earlier.

The quickest I have ever seen was 20 minutes, I'm still amazed at that.

yeah that was retarded fast

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
the domian i registered through godaddy the other night was propogated completely within about 15 minutes. I thought that was weird. I had it hosted and put a webpage and had email running within a half an hour and everyone could access/use it!

Thank you! So I'm not crazy...

 

[WHipLAsh13]

No you are still crazy.

 

[littleprince]

Just because you can use it doesn't mean its propagated. I can connect through 3-5 different isps and theres definately a difference in when they update their dns. The freebie dialup one can take up to 5 days.

 

[SunnyD]

neftastic.com propigated to my DNS in about 8 hours, it took about 20 hours to make it all the way to my brother-in-law's.

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: littleprince
Just because you can use it doesn't mean its propagated. I can connect through 3-5 different isps and theres definately a difference in when they update their dns. The freebie dialup one can take up to 5 days.

Yeah, I realize that. But there has definitely been a change in the speed. I have been using the same IP the whole time, with the same nameservers, and this time it was a LOT faster.