Please explain the effect bandwidth has on the ability to catch deletions

[Capt. Flash]

I was informed by Snap Names that the registrar with the most available bandwidth is the registrar most likely to catch a domain name upon deletion. Can someone give a brief and simple explanation as to the principles this statement is based on. Thank you.

www.TradeALink.com

 

[Whois-Search]

If a domain is deleted at 2:13pm and 30 seconds EST and your in Hong Kong and your using a register in America - Your Click has to go half way round the world to the server !

With the competition so great - domains can be lost and won in a split second

 

[Capt. Flash]

So if I am based in Herndon, VA or D.C., then I would have the best chance to pick up a drop from NSI? And if I had a large site with nobody on it, this would increase my odds? Hmm, I guess that would explain BuyDomains success. Thanks for the input.

 

[Who-Wiz]

Yeah, I feel like an idiot learning that considering I spent all my .US domain launch time trying to register many of my .us names with Register.com only to find them later registered through NameScout. Lessons you can't afford to learn over and over.

~ D.

 

[Brujah]

The "closest" registrar isn't the correct bandwidth explanation as far as I can tell.

Lets assume your bandwidth lets you check 100 names per second and you have 100 names to check. You can check a name every second. If you only have 50 names to check, you can check a name twice every second. More bandwidth allows you to check more, check faster.

 

[DropWizard.com]

Brujah is right.
During the drop NSI sometime restricts the amount of bandwidth in the registrar's connections. Causes them to slow down the number of queries per second they can run... thereby affecting their drop performance.

Think of it like a garden hose. the more you constrict it the less water flows through.