Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:46 +0000 From: spellberg_robert <emailrob@risebroadband.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [ OT ] recommendations for a domain_name registrar Message-ID: <55ADC5CE.5050207@risebroadband.net>
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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
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