Foreign TLD's

yeah, I know foreign doesn't really mean anything on the net
but anyhow

I should know this, but I'm not altogether sure...
Will I have any issues with latency if I use a foreign top level domain?

I'm thinking of registering a domain outside my own country
purely as it'll make quite a neat play on words

At the moment, it'll just point to my home IP,
but in the future, it may move my operation to a data centre

Does anyone know if I'll run into speed or routing problems, if I do this?
or does the TLD not matter at all

I don't think it will, but if anyone has experience with this, I'd be grateful

Ta

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Originally Posted by Ynot

Does anyone know if I'll run into speed or routing problems, if I do this?
or does the TLD not matter at all

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It shouldn't matter at all. A domain name is just a key for obtaining the actual I.P. address. It's where the host server sits that counts.

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Originally Posted by skysaw

It shouldn't matter at all. A domain name is just a key for obtaining the actual I.P. address. It's where the host server sits that counts.

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marvelous

I actually traced a few UK sites that have foreign (to their physical location) domains
last.fm
five.tv
etc.

just to see if at any point I got routed outside the UK
which I didn't, so great

Anyway, off I go
onwards, and invariably, slightly sideways

donthurt.us would be a humorous one...