Sounds like we need to fill a void?


On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Jeremy wrote:

> 
> Why is the domain industry so shady?  Not just one or two players, but pretty 
> much the whole industry.  It makes it really frustrating to find a good vendor.
> 
> It shouldn't be like the porn industry.  Domain names are just a matter of a 
> database entry, using decades-old technology.  It should be boring, cut&dried, 
> and a commodity by now.
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> On Thursday 25 March 2010 7:46:37 pm Erik Anderson wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Tony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm using Name.com as my domain registrar, and they provide all of my
>>> DNS with the registration, and I've been very happy with their service
>>> so far.  (No barrage of ads or other nonsense - just to the point.)  I
>>> don't believe they have any of the kinds of limits you referenced, and
>>> the prices vary by TLD and are quite reasonable.  A number of years
>>> ago I used a free DNS-only service called ZoneEdit, which is still
>>> around.  That was limited in number of domains and/or subdomains in
>>> some way - I don't remember the specifics.
>> 
>> I also use name.com for domain registrations. I used their DNS service
>> for a couple short weeks until I discovered that they choose to do
>> NXDOMAIN hijacking on invalid subdomains. After discovering that, I
>> promptly pointed my DNS over to linode's DNS service. I had an account
>> there and get free DNS hosting along with it if I choose. I've been
>> much happier with that service than with name.com's.
> 
> 
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