Wednesday, July 21, 1999, 10:04:55 PM, Rusty H. Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.networksolutions.com/business_account/business_info.html
> Since the credit card purchase process will be the default setting
> for new Web Address registrations, all Network Solutions customers
> are affected by this change. ISPs and other high volume customers may
> qualify for our Premier Program or Business Account Program depending
> on the quantity and/or frequency of their Web Address registrations.
> Click on either of the links above to learn more about these
> opportunities.
This is absolutely out of line and insane. Domain Names are now
restricted to only those who have and are willing to use Credit cards.
So now we have ownership of a Credit Card as a condition of acquiring
a domain name.
This is absolutely wrong. The only way ISPs can get around this is to
PREPAY their customers registrations, thus tying up their liquid
capital.
Of course, this is what I predicted would happen, and the
consequences, when I spoke with Internetnews earlier this month, but I
did not expect to see a change this quickly.
Internet Presence and Service Providers will be the ones hit the
hardest by this, not to mention what it portends for individual
domain name ownership.
--
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.
