Getting WebHosts to cough up billing info?

[Brett_Tabke]

What's the best way to approach web hosts about coughing up the billing info on a domain?

The situation has come up several times where whois info was bogus. Some hosts will readily give you the billing info/owner of a domain without so much as a second glance, but others are much more stingy about it. Sometimes a simple letter from your attorney will get the required info, but not always.

[grnidone]

I'd be very surprised if *any* hosts would cough up information on their clients.

[Shakil]

Brett,

I have had luck with 2 hosts in the UK over the last 3 years, this has been when I have been trying to track down owners of a domain which Myself or a client has an interest in.

Apart from offering some backdoor $$$s, I think its quite hard work.

The Lawyers letter looks the best way forward in my opinion.

Shak

[Brett_Tabke]

It is quite common for them to do it. This isn't the case of protecting the anon status of a user. It is finding someone to be held accountable for services rendered under their hosting accounts. If they don't give up a name, then they are the ones to be held responsible for problems.