Re: Rant re: SnapNames.com

["SuperDuG" <superdug@dugnet.com>]

Actually this brings up an interesting topic ...

Domains ... and DNS in general.

That status-quo        = ICANN + BIND ...
The open alternative = OpenNIC + DJBDNS

 What annoys me is that certain registrars (namely namezero.com) can hold on
to a domain (ex. suppafly.org expired in Sep of 2001)

BIND while being open-source definantelly isn't the only option ...
personally I use DJBDNS ...

Also there is the wonderful www.opennic  or http://www.opennic.unrated.net/
which is an open root DNS system that is free by all counts ... and a great
DNS learning experience...

I would really like to know when domains actually are available to
re-register after expiring ... I mean it's been 4 months since suppafly.org
expired ...

SuperDuG

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Link" <jlink@ilbbs.com>
To: <svlug@svlug.org>; <luci-discuss@luci.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Rant re: SnapNames.com


>
> Disclaimer: the following rant concerns my personal experience with
> SnapNames.com, and may not be indicative of their service as a whole.
>
> =====
>
> Ok, so I paid SnapNames.com $49.00 a few months ago in the delusional
> belief that they might have some "in" with Network Solutions and that they
> might help get me a LONG-since-expired domain.
>
> No such luck.
>
> But, no worries, I thought -- I'll just apply my credit to another domain
> that's about to drop, and I should have first dibs on it. (For those of
> you who don't follow domain names too closely, they usually go into a
> state of limbo about a week before they become available, and their whois
> info [if registered with NetSol] states:  "Domain not found locally, but
> Registry points back to local DB. Local whois DB must be out of date.")
>
> So yesterday the domain finally did become available, but did SnapNames,
> who advertises being able to grab domain names "within milliseconds",
> successfully register it for me?
>
> You can probably guess the answer.
>
> And now, for the icing on the cake: Today I tried to register an OPEN
> domain with my credit with SnapNames -- since their service is obviously
> worthless and I wanted to salvage SOME of my $49.00 -- but no dice. For an
> open, *unregistered* domain, I have to pay them $69.00, and I can't use my
> credit!!!
>
> What fsckers! Maybe I can use my SnapNames credit to buy the Brooklyn
> Bridge.
>
> Thus, this is a cautionary tale. THINK TWICE (at least) BEFORE GIVING
> SNAPNAMES ANY MONEY!!
>
>
> -J
>
>
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