Changing Nameservers
 

If a hosting company has set up everything correctly, shouldn't there be NO downtime/accessability problems when changing the ns??? I thought this process would be smooth.....

check by IP, then change the dns..

?????
I changed the dns already because i thought that everything has been setup correctly on the namserver days ago and this would be a smooth switch

It should've been if they had done it correctly.

that's what I wanted to know.
damnnnnn

It depends on who you use for a registrar. A few of my client's domains are with Network Solutions and there is ALWAYS downtime.

What kind of problems are you having?

Correct. This make a huge difference (name server). In my consulting biz, I've had to deal with this for some clients, and there are some that are realitively smooth or little downtime, and then there are some that are an..

ABSOLUTE PAIN IN THE ASS

Net Sol, and GoDaddy are two of the absolute worst.

:321GFY

I use directnic and changed nameservers for a domain yesterday. It took less than an hour.

Keep the URL on both name servers, till the change is made!

You have to keep both the old and new sites up until the DNS propagates to the new server worldwide.

check out dnsstuff and try the isp dns cache test on the btm right

http://dnsstuff.com/

yes
i know... this is what the hosting company assured me would be the case
they now confirmed they fucked it up on their end..