*cough* Get on domain-policy ;)
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Sorry for cross-posting (again). But this email should tie up and close
> > this thread. Just spoke with the client and it seems that she originally
> > disputed the charge and Register.com took ownership. She apologised
> > profusely.
> > My personal apologies for jumping the gun, though I must say this is the
> > first time I've seen a registrar take over a domain like this. Kinda scary
> > to think that Network Solutions might have better business practices then
> > register.com. *ouch* Where is "the customer is always right"?
> >
>
> (Sorry, not on domain-policy.)
>
> I'm curious - doesn't ICANN (*splutter*) have a rule about this? I don't
> think that accredited registrars should not be allowed take ownership of
> domains in this manner. There was a rumour going around last month (Wired
> News I think) that NetSol were doing this too - putting expired domains into
> the auction pot.
>
> I know that NetSol's business practises are dodgy to say the least, but
> that's about as close to the dotTV registry as you can get - which in my
> opinion is a shameful business model. "Oh, someone else is looking for that
> domain too - the price just went up!". I know! It was me! Doing a WHOIS!
> Hallo? :)
>
> In fact, I don't think registrars should be allowed own domains at all,
> beyond the ones they use for their business. There's huge room for fraud
> there. It's only putting temptation in their way.
>
> Some of them should never have been accredited in the first place anyway -
> for example, I found a domain (enquirewithin.net) on NameIt.net today with no
> nameservers. And NetSol should be taken out of the game altogether - they
> must have thousands of expired domains still sitting in the pot. I've had one
> going back as far as 1997 pointed out to me!
>
> HATE NETSOL!
>
> adam
>
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> NetSol - Put The Dot On The Ground And Move Away Slowly...
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