Over the last week I asked NSI to address a couple oddities I noticed in their system, and the reasoning behind certain actions that were taken with regard to these oddities. I alluded to a collection of domain names in that email, and indicated that I had researched and found domains that had been registered as far back as NOVEMBER of last year that never had their original invoice paid, and indeed were never placed on hold. I said I was tired of helping them clean up their messes, but looking back I decided that without some evidence of what I was saying perhaps it wouldn't get taken seriously. In my last message on this subject I pointed out a domain that had been registered last year and never paid for and placed on hold, that has now had its billing contact removed from whois, as well as the invoice in the invoice system, but not deleted from the master database, and still shows up in whois. This domain was freepersonals.net which was registered through the Namesecure system (I have at least 50 of these noted, again NSI can figure them out themselves, and this example if given only to drive the point). In this message I address a domain name that was registered in November of last year and never paid for and is STILL not even on hold. The domain doesn't resolve, but that is the fault of the dns servers that it is pointing to, a dig shows that the domain is delegated in the .com DNS zone file. The domain OFFBEAT.NET was registered on Nov 20th of last year. The online payment site shows the initial invoice of $70 is still pending. The domain has been in the system now for almost 7 months, without being placed on hold. I have at least 20 of these confirmed, and that is without a lot of time invested. I am sure there are numerous more that what I found on my cursory search. NSI can find the rest on their own. Now we are asking NSI to managed a shared registry and indeed the root zone itself. Should a company that can't even manage to create a coherent and workable (not to mention automated) "on hold" and "deletion" system for their registration system really be trusted with these resources? NSI has still not answered my questions about the reasoning (or causes) of the removal of billing contacts and invoices of a slew of on hold domains without deleting the domains (5-6 months after initial registration). Will they answer with a reason behind this screw up? Please feel free to forward these facts to other appropriate forums or interested parties. -- William X. Walsh General Manager, DSo Internet Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934 The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying to every time you have something to whimper about.
