From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jul 21 04:08:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3499A6C2B for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@risebroadband.net) Received: from imta-35.everyone.net (imta-35.everyone.net [216.200.145.35]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.everyone.net", Issuer "DigiCert High Assurance CA-3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26D351AE5 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@risebroadband.net) Received: from pps.filterd (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by imta-38.everyone.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t6L45bAU021512; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:08:46 -0700 X-Eon-Dm: dm0215.everyone.net Received: by dm0215.mta.everyone.net (EON-AUTHRELAY2 - 4272bd8c) id dm0215.55887175.67d3a; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:08:45 -0700 X-Eon-Sig: AQPOPGJVrcXNBvp+ewIAAAAC,bf3af29153b0fa80196b38a9cb0c45cd X-Originating-Ip: 66.114.189.140 Message-ID: <55ADC5CE.5050207@risebroadband.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:46 +0000 From: spellberg_robert Reply-To: emailrob@emailrob.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130417 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [ OT ] recommendations for a domain_name registrar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.14.151, 1.0.33, 0.0.0000 definitions=2015-07-21_01:2015-07-20,2015-07-21,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1506180000 definitions=main-1507210067 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:55 -0000 howdy folks --- it has been a --very-- long time since i posted to any list ; i trust that everyone is well . i think that this means that , with a few years of experience , i am getting to be reasonably good at solving my own problems myself [ my first fbsd was in the high twos ; it was in the back of the walnut_creek book that greg lehey wrote ] . normally , i would not send an off_topic post ; however , i know that many readers of this list are , in some way , in the "isp" game . my guess is that more_than_a_few , of said readers , are in a position to answer this question . i believe that this question will have sufficiently broad appeal . permit me to digress , briefly , for the purpose of defining context . this being rural america , for about 18 years , all that i could get , at --this-- site , was dial_up , at about 25 kb/s . try as i might , every isp would tell me that i was "outside of their service_area" , except for those offering dial_up [ yes , yes , i know about satellite ; it disappears in bad weather , when i want to look at the radar_loop for tornadoes ] . just recently , i learned of an isp that --can-- "get here from there" [ a unit of the fine folks at rise broadband ; now that i know about them , i observe that they do not advertise very much , which may explain the recentness of my discovery of their existence ] . for four weeks , now , i have been "living large" , at , typically , 500 kb/s to 2000 kb/s . --finally-- , this means that i can take public that portion of my lan that , for a long time , i have been intending to be public [ e . g . , fire_wall , dns , mail , et_c . ] . this brings me to my point . i already have some good names , through network_solutions , in the dot_com , dot_net and dot_org spaces . i would not mind their high prices so much , if they just did not play such games with the customer [ ever notice that you have to decline "auto_renew" about six times ? some_times , they are sneaky about it , in the fine_print ; then , there is that "transfer_lock" , for my "protection" ] . let us face it ; because of the games , i --do-- mind the high prices . all that i need is a registrar , with a reasonable price for a ten_year lease on each name , easy transfer [ actually , i expect ns to be the problem , here ] and no grief . for anything else , i am either doing it myself or i can find a vendor [ e . g . , i found rise_bb for a connection and one ip_address ; i have not conclusively established if they can supply a /29 ; they really do target the "low_information" crowd ] . because all that i want is the name , the registration service , it_self , should be in_expensive . i should point_out that , a_while back , some_one had told me about "namebargain.com" and that they had been happy with them . i went looking at them today and i discovered that they are part of the same group that has network_solutions [ "web_dot_com" ] ; this put me off of them , real fast [ if my apprehension is mis_placed , please advise ] . also , i should point_out that i can do an online search for the big players as well as the next person ; every one of those players will claim that they are the next_best_thing to cellophane_wrapped bakery_sliced bread . they all will have photoes of smiling actors who portray their happy customers [ some , i am sure ] and their knowledgable support personnel [ some , i am sure ] . q : has any_one had a sufficiently good registrar experience , that not only leaves you willing to re_up with them , but causes you to speak positively about them ? thanx in advance . there is no need to cc , as i have already subscribed to -questions , in anticipation of some other , more on_topic , submissions . rob spellberg mchenry county , illinois