Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Smylers
James Laver writes: > When my domains come up for renewal, I'll be looking to switch to > someone else. It may be easier to switch now, than at/near renewal time. The transfer process is different for different domain extensions. For any .uk domains switch them straight away: find out the IPS T

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread James Laver
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:40:16PM +0100, James Laver wrote: >>Today, namecheap had some scheduled site downtime (dns still >>operational) without notifying their customers (at least neither >>myself nor my flatmate were informed) but cus

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Peter Corlett
On 24 Oct 2009, at 14:57, Pedro Figueiredo wrote: [...] I've used joker.com since forever, only have good things to say about them. Not sure about an API, though. Joker was just about adequate when I was with them. The support department is completely devoid of clue, but fortunately the web

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Pedro Figueiredo
On 24 Oct 2009, at 14:40, James Laver wrote: When my domains come up for renewal, I'll be looking to switch to someone else. Desired features: - Cheapness - Good customer service (including actually telling you when there will be downtime and giving an estimate for how long it will be) - H

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Dominic Thoreau
2009/10/24 James Laver : > Today, namecheap had some scheduled site downtime (dns still > operational) without notifying their customers (at least neither > myself nor my flatmate were informed) but customer service insists an > email was sent out to everybody. They also can't tell me even roughly

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Denny
On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 14:40 +0100, James Laver wrote: > When my domains come up for renewal, I'll be looking to switch to someone > else. > ... > Gandi are top of my list but I have doubts since the furore with the > perl domain names. Who are we currently least hating? I use and like Gandi. I w

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Ash Berlin
On 24 Oct 2009, at 14:40, James Laver wrote: Today, namecheap had some scheduled site downtime (dns still operational) without notifying their customers (at least neither myself nor my flatmate were informed) but customer service insists an email was sent out to everybody. They also can't tell

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread Roger Burton West
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:40:16PM +0100, James Laver wrote: >Today, namecheap had some scheduled site downtime (dns still >operational) without notifying their customers (at least neither >myself nor my flatmate were informed) but customer service insists an >email was sent out to everybody. They

Re: domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread James Laver
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM, James Laver wrote: > > Desired features: > Oh, other desired feature would be free WhoisGuard, at least for a year. I know Gandi offer it for the lifetime of the domain. --James

domain registrars

2009-10-24 Thread James Laver
Today, namecheap had some scheduled site downtime (dns still operational) without notifying their customers (at least neither myself nor my flatmate were informed) but customer service insists an email was sent out to everybody. They also can't tell me even roughly when it will be back up. When my