[cfgeeks] domain name registration question

[Jonathan Damron]

Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:

>On Wed Jan 24, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0500, Jonathan Damron wrote:
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>>I have used Network Solutions for several years now for registering my 
>>damronplanet.com domain name. And now it is set to expire in a couple of 
>>months. I have never had any problems with Network Solutions. However, I 
>>just saw the prices they now want to charge and I cannot believe it. I 
>>looked briefly into the Go Daddy website and I kept getting server 
>>errors when trying to use their online forms and so I was not impressed. 
>>What you are guys using and what do you recommend?
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>All godaddy except inscoe.org which was registered before godaddy even
>existed. Now I have wanted to for years move it to godaddy but since that is where
>*all* my personal email comes into I have been fearing that transistion but
>this year in august when it expires I may make the plunge. There is also the
>view that having multiple NIC's may not be a bad failover move as well. If
>one takes a dirt nap for some reason move things over to the working ones (at
>least at the hobby level I guess). I have nothing bad
>to say about godaddy as far as experiences and payments just be careful what
>you click on when you buy things as they love to load you up with useless
>carp on the way out to the cart. However having said that others have
>reported semi-evil practises such as shortly after using their whois suddenly
>the domain gets purchased by godaddy and parked. I cannot confirm that but
>since I am planning to probably buy it anyway I do use the godaddy whois
>search. And as far as I am concerned all of them would like to be evil if
>they could so what can you do...
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>My $.05...
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Okay. Thanks everyone for the advice. I am going to take the plunge and 
begin the process to transfer from Network Solutions to Go Daddy. If you 
don't hear anything from me ever again it is because my damronplanet.com 
name and therefore email was lost in cyberspace! When I did Network 
Solution renewals a few years ago I think the cost was around $20 a 
year. Now they want $34.99 for one year and that is where I draw the line.

Jonathan