No question in my mind ... I'm getting all my domains out ... staying with a company that is intentionally screwing me is something that I will absolutely not do ... it may be a little painful but they are not going to get any more of my money than is absolutely necessary for me to end the relationship ... an absolute no-brainer decision.
Dean Zingle Optrics Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Domain Registration Questions - OT > > >Does anyone have any experience switching from Network Solution to someone > >else, say bulkregister.com? > > Yes. We took a chance and did that a couple weeks ago, when NS wanted $70 > to renew a domain we had ($35/year for a two year minimum commitment). It > worked, but felt lucky that it did! > > Transferring a domain is a fairly complex process. You have to go to the > registrar you want to transfer to, pay them a renewal, and have them > initiate the transfer. Then, there are two sources that you have to > confirm from, Network Solutions, and one other (Internic?). Network > Solutions makes it a bit confusing as to exactly what you have to do. I > believe you have 48 hours to confirm their E-mail, and they like to send > the E-mails out on Friday late afternoon (according to our registrar), so > you have to check your mail over the weekends. > > Remember, NS is the one that broke the rules and is hoarding all the > expired domain names. They are also the ones who refuse to allow you and > others to use our WHOIS lookup on domains owned by them, forcing you to go > to their site and view their ads. It's a good reason to leave them, but > also a good reason to be wary of leaving them. It's kind of like amending > a previous year's tax return to get a refund from the IRS -- sure, it's > perfectly legitimate, and people do it all the time, but there is no way to > do it without worrying that there will be some unknown repercussions. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
