Re: [epub] domain question

[Bill Donovan <bill.donovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Network Solutions has done fine for us with three domain name registrations.
Yes, it has had a monopoly in the past, and its service will benefit from
competition.

However, if one is really in business rather than just dabbling at it, one
wants a solid physical and electronic foundation.  What happens to your web
site if a domain name provider goes out of business?  Do you go off the air,
so to speak?  Do you have to pay someone else for the same one, or get a new
one?  Do you pay your ISP for the space you're using meanwhile (probably that
or see your site erased).  Etc.

Now, this Dotster...

Web site lists no human beings.
Web site lists no physical address.
Web site lists no toll-free sales number.
Web site lists no toll-free technical support number
Web site, in fact, lists no phone number at all.
Web site doesn't say whether it's public or private, or what its assets are.
WHOIS lists its physical address as a location on "Commerce Avenue" in
Longview, Wash., wherever that is.
WHOIS lists its administrative contact as "hostmaster," not a person.
WHOIS lists its technical contact as "hostmaster," not a person
Web site "news" page indicates that it has been in business since 'way back on
Jan. 21, 2000--eight whole months.

Each of us has his own way of doing business, but I never ever ever buy either
personally or for our company anything on the web from a company which doesn't
list a physical address and people at its web site.  The lack thereof always
makes me wonder whether the business is too shoestring to take phone calls or
is a fly-by-night.

Also, Dotster  sells up to 10-year licenses.  That's 15 times as long as its
existence to date.  How can one project the cost of running a business out 15
years?  I've been running my business 11 years, and I can't.  That's why we
don't take multi-year subscriptions.

And look at what you save compared to that horrible Network Solutions former
monopoly: ten bucks the first year.  That's two Big Mac meals.  Sign up for
the two-year Dotster deal, and you save enough to go out for Chinese.
Bill Donovan
Publisher
Inside Healthcare Computing


Chuck Thonen - The Mad Mailer wrote:

> NO! NO! NO!
>
> Aggghhh! Network Solutions is a company that has enjoyed a monopoly for so
> long it forgot what service was!!!
>
> http://www.dotster.com is what I swear by these days...
>
> 1 year: $15  2 year: $30
> 5 year: $75 10 year: $150
>
> Simple and easy..
>
> I am still trying to get my Domain transferred
> to this great new hosting company
> http://www.host4profit.com/cgi-bin/home.cgi?1036
>
> BUT.... Network Solutions Still has to send me a confirmation e-mail
> that will allow me to change the DNS # in the whois data base...
>
> It has been over 3 weeks, phone calls, e-mails.. nothing works!
>
> Sorry, let me get of my soap box.. >:C|  Any way please for the love of
> all that is Holy do not use them again!!!
>
> Thank You
> Chuck Thonen ~ The Mad Mailer



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