Hello Loren,
Thursday, April 26, 2001, 4:43:25 PM, Loren Stocker wrote:
> Yet, what's the real issue here?
> It's ICANN'S thoughtless policy that creates this situation. As I understand
> it, ICANN requires Tucows, NSI, Bulk and everyone else to pay for renewals
> IMMEDIATELY upon expiration. No grace period. No refunds.
> If that's the case we have a HUGE conflict of expectation between clients --
> accustomed to getting 45 days grace (or more) from NSI -- and the Registrar's
> who MUST delete the domain to avoid the renewal fees. The result is SUDDEN
> DEATH! No grace. No "on-hold" period. No recourse once the domain is lost. How
> am I doing so far?
> Rather that talk about cost recovery, we should be pressuring ICANN to provide
> -- at a minimum -- a 30 day grace period. Even if the domain goes "on-hold" at
> expiration, the client has at least a reasonable time to cure. Without this
> change in policy, we're all going to see -- or be victimized -- by Sudden
> Death; valuable domains lost due to material laspe of payment, say 2 days
> late. NO ONE WILL STAND FOR THAT! We are only now beginning to see the results
> of this non-sensical policy.
There is a 45 day grace period at renewal.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
