# My ISP just went bust - what now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-isp-just-went-bust-what-now/133360>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-isp-just-went-bust-what-now/133360 "2002-10-22T10:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-isp-just-went-bust-what-now/133360/1 "2002-10-22T10:42:22Z")

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Or at least it looks that way; I can’t make any contact with the servers for [squareinternet.co.uk](http://squareinternet.co.uk) and they are not answering the telephone.

Does this complicate the matter of transferring my domain names to a new ISP? what fees will I be expected to pay?

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-isp-just-went-bust-what-now/133360/2 "2002-10-22T11:52:00Z")

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I don’t think it complicates this particular issue. Normally, you inform your new ISP, and they get in contact with your old ISP to arrange for the transfer.

In fact, there’s no transfer. What happens is just a record in the DNS database gets updated.