Why is WJ hosted in Netherlands ?

[Ultim8nexT]

Is there a need for a site like WJ to be hosted in netherlands ?

If yes, Why So ?

 

[soft2050]

Whats the problem by having located at netherlands server? :P

 

[Mr.BorisManUtd]

Maybe WJ is using nulled vBulletin? :P
Hah, I don't know, why not?

 

[Lifetalk]

Yes. NL is in the EU. EU has better routing to Asia, at least the DC where WJ is hosted (Evoswitch). And WJ's majority audience is Asian.

 

[Jesse]

Illegal sites are not the only ones that host in the Netherlands

 

[Mr.BorisManUtd]

^That's right.

 

[nEw_boY]

Yes. NL is in the EU. EU has better routing to Asia, at least the DC where WJ is hosted (Evoswitch). And WJ's majority audience is Asian.

You mean Indians ??
<3

 

[Lifetalk]

JJJ speaks the truth. That's a common misconception people in the warez scene have. They think NL is only for illegal/pirate related websites. And that, is not one bit true.

@new_boy
No, I mean Asians. Go look it up. India is not the only country in Asia.

 

[Ak47]

Shows Poland to me?

 

[Lifetalk]

Ping it, and do a lookup on the IP address.

 

[DLow]

WJ is actually at lease web :p

I dont blame them imo it is a state of the art data center =]

 

[Storming]

WJ is actually at lease web :p

I dont blame them imo it is a state of the art data center =]

Which is EvoSwitch?....

 

[Lifetalk]

Yes, Storming. Leaseweb = Evoswitch

Their ASN identifies them as Leaseweb, though. Evoswitch is the name of the DC.

 

[Prazsky]

Um what's wrong with hosting a site in NL? Where does it say offshore hosting is only for illegal sites?

 

[Ultim8nexT]

I had Already Guessed That. Even I havemy legal Sites in Netherlands.

Because i am scared of USA servers. They can ban you for very small reasons.

 

[Daniel]

Illegal is illegal, no matter how "small" your reason is.

 

[eLight]

Yeah NL has some of the best hosting in the world. We're equally fast to our most popular areas. Sure, we could host in the USA but NL is just as fast and a little bit cheaper. A large part of our traffic is from Asia so it's important to look at it from a global view.

I don't see us moving the site away from Europe any time soon.

 

[wjmember]

but if not NL, than where?

If you had to move tomorrow, what country would you choose for emergency hosting replacement?

 

[Myth?]

Hosting in Netherland is just a good place. I find that it is much faster and the price is not too bad. Depends on what your getting.

 

[Sp32]

The downsides of hosting in the netherlands is the language barrier. I'd consider UK hosting personally, because it's my own currency and it's super cheap imo.