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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: alternate registrars
In-Reply-To: <20000828010912.A10944@clifford.inch.com> "from Omar Thameen at
 Aug 28, 2000 01:09:12 am"
To: Omar Thameen <omar@clifford.inch.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:47:15 -0700 (PDT)
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Omar Thameen writes:
> My personal domain name, originally registered way back when with the
> InterNIC, is coming up for renewal again, and I'd really like to find
> a registrar other than Network Solutions.  Has anyone had any positive
> experience with the alternate registrars out there?
> 
> Some additional criteria:
> - I'd need one that's end-user oriented, so places like bulkregister.com
>   wouldn't fit the bill.
> - I'd also like to use a US-based company for this (no offense to non-US
>   folks, but if something goes wrong, I want to raise a ruckus on the
>   phone in English :-)
> 
> I haven't had any problem with Network Solutions, but I'd like to support
> competition (monopolies...BAD!).  Further, I find NSI/Verisign's plan
> to take abandoned domains an auction them off rather than put them back
> in the pool patently evil.

I've had reasonably good success using register.com. YMMV.

-Archie

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