swiftech site down (did they go out of business?)

**UNIXgod** · 08-17-2009, 08:53 PM

Also their alternative address swifnets.com

**SoulsCollective** · 08-17-2009, 09:10 PM

And not only down, but squatted too!

Gabe?

**Broken** · 08-17-2009, 09:10 PM

Aquatuning owns them now.....

Sorry, couldn't resist.

**Waterlogged** · 08-17-2009, 09:11 PM

I don't think they've gone under, Gabe did mention last week that they were planning or were in process of moving to a new location. Maybe someone forgot to pay the domain name bill?

**Zehnsucht** · 08-17-2009, 10:41 PM

Works here?
http://swiftnets.com/

**UNIXgod** · 08-17-2009, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Zehnsucht

Works here?
http://swiftnets.com/

That's not their site.

**pika198** · 08-17-2009, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Zehnsucht

Works here?
http://swiftnets.com/

Nope,

Quick someone take the name and sell it back to Swiftech for free water cooling parts

**Kanzy** · 08-17-2009, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by pika198

Nope,

Quick someone take the name and sell it back to Swiftech for free water cooling parts

Free pump and rad for everyone in the forum...

**ascl** · 08-17-2009, 11:04 PM

Am I missing something?
http://swiftech.com/

works?

**twwen2** · 08-17-2009, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by ascl

Am I missing something?
http://swiftech.com/

works?

That's not their site.

**UNIXgod** · 08-17-2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by ascl

Am I missing something?
http://swiftech.com/

works?

it's not their site. someone put up one of those fake sites in it's place.

I don't have google cache or archive.org to show you what it once looked like as they blocked it from the robots.txt file.

**autobot** · 08-17-2009, 11:34 PM

Someone is spoofin their site! Its the newest form of Internet Terrorism.

**Metric** · 08-17-2009, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Zehnsucht

Works here?
http://swiftnets.com/

Originally Posted by UNIXgod

That's not their site.

Google search results says it is Swiftech's website

- I'm guessing someone forgot to renew the domain/has to do with Gabe moving to the new location. I did find it odd that it's not swiftech.com/.net since that's the name of the company...new domain name perhaps?

**ascl** · 08-18-2009, 12:02 AM

swiftech.com has been there for a while, and has gabe's email address on it? What is their URL supposed to be? Cause swiftech.com is what i have always used! *very confused*

EDIT: Their URL is supposed to be swiftech.com (at least according to their packaging)...

**Nickel020** · 08-18-2009, 12:14 AM

It's the right address, but it's not the right site. It looks as though they forgot to pay the bill and their site was pulled and replaced by this one.

**labs23** · 08-18-2009, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Nickel020

It's the right address, but it's not the right site. It looks as though they forgot to pay the bill and their site was pulled and replaced by this one.

Its what I'm thinking ATM also. Expired domain license, but how come?

**ascl** · 08-18-2009, 12:24 AM

I am struggling to believe that... they have forums and everything, including posts from gabe. I cannot be looking at the same site as you (as impossible as that seems!)... and it has all the Swiftech info on it, including rad specifications etc I was looking at the other day.

This is what I see.

EDIT: I just can't believe someone would squat but put all the original information back on the site! I guess its possible I am seeing a cached version (although no proxy here I am aware of), and caching should affect the forums anyway.

**Waterlogged** · 08-18-2009, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by labs23

Its what I'm thinking ATM also. Expired domain license, but how come?

Probably the same lawyer that allowed their trademark to expire in Europe so Aquaturding could try and claim it.

@ascl, clear your cache, you should see what were seeing then.

**Zehnsucht** · 08-18-2009, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by UNIXgod

it's not their site. someone put up one of those fake sites in it's place.

I don't have google cache or archive.org to show you what it once looked like as they blocked it from the robots.txt file.

Well I've always used swiftnets.com. It's usually also the first hit on google when searching for swiftech products.

YAWN...

Code:

Registrant:
Swiftech
   3700 Industry ave., suite 104
   Lakewood, CA 90712
   US

   Domain Name: SWIFTNETS.COM

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Promote your business to millions of viewers for only $1 a month
   Learn how you can get an Enhanced Business Listing here for your domain name.
   Learn more at http://www.NetworkSolutions.com/
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
      Rouchon, Gabriel		stephen@swiftech.com
      Swiftech
      3700 Industry Ave., #104
      Lakewood, CA 90712
      US
      562-595-8009 fax: 562-595-8769


   Record expires on 13-Apr-2015.
   Record created on 13-Apr-1998.
   Database last updated on 18-Aug-2009 04:44:51 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS29.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.190.15
   NS30.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.144.15

**ascl** · 08-18-2009, 12:32 AM

Its not cached locally, tried 2 different computers.....

.... but does appear to be cached remotely. Stupid transparent proxy. Sorry everyone, ignore me.

EDIT: In an attempt to make up for my noobishness... here is the whois data:
Swiftech
stephen@swiftech.com
3700 Industry ave., suite 104
Lakewood, CA 90712
US
Phone: 562-595-8009
Fax: 562-595-8769

Record expires on 14-May-2013
Record created on 13-May-1996
Database last updated on 06-Oct-2006

Domain servers in listed order: Manage DNS

NS1.WORLDNIC.COM 205.178.190.1
NS2.WORLDNIC.COM 205.178.144.1

Show underlying registry data for this record

Current Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
IP Address: 209.87.151.70 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-CALIFORNIA-WOODLAND HILLS
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: IIS 5
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited
WebSite Status: Active
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
WebSite Title: SwiftTech
Secure: No
Ecommerce: Yes
Traffic Ranking: 1
Data as of: 19-Oct-2006

Their domain definitely has NOT expired.

Swiftnets is the same.

**HoosTrax** · 08-18-2009, 03:10 AM

Maybe they took the site down temporarily to finally fix that awful sidebar menu (I could never scroll down it to see the rest of the menu selections)

.

**labs23** · 08-18-2009, 03:14 AM

Oh I see, domain is still theirs. Hmmm, very puzzling. Hacked maybe? LOL.

**HoosTrax** · 08-18-2009, 03:18 AM

As far as I can tell, it's nothing to be worried about. The page seems to be a placeholder put up by the domain name registrar Network Solutions. There's no link offering to sell you the domain name. And if you click on the link at the very bottom, it explains that it's a placeholder "Under Construction" page until the owner puts up a real page.

Site maintenance/revamp sounds like a reasonable explanation. Compared to XSPC, HWlabs, and TFC, among others, Swifty's site isn't exactly super modern looking.

**Vienna** · 08-18-2009, 03:28 AM

The site loads just fine for me here, ascl its not a cache your seeing, your seeing the proper site, its the dns nameservers that have changed and are pointing you to the correct site as our ISP's haven't updated their DNS servers yet(takes up to 48hours in some cases)

209.87.151.70 is the IP address is resolves for me(and you ascl) here

64.95.64.198 is the IP address everyone else is getting(is what my phone loads when I go to the site, so my mobile provider's DNS servers have been updated faster than my home ISP)

**Nickel020** · 08-18-2009, 04:01 AM

I just noticed something: On th top right hand corner there's a small link reading "Why am I seeing this 'Under construction' page?" Looks like they might just be upgrading their site (finally!) or their server died.

So it's nothing to be worried about

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