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Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider

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In message <2012082110581426187-xxx@yyyzzz> 
  gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2012-08-21 16:22:07 +0000, nospam said:

>> In article <jollyroger-F79420.08293821082012@news.individual.net>,
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>> GoDaddy is cheaper, but I couldn't accept their screw-up rates any more.
>>>> 
>>>> Bu that I do not mean the rates the charge, but the frequency at which
>>>> they screw things up.  Never had a complaint for years, but the last two
>>>> years it has been terrible.
>>> 
>>> GoDaddy has been in the news several times for using questionable
>>> practices like purchasing domain names people search for to see if they
>>> are available and then turning around and offering to sell those domain
>>> names to those people to make a profit, and squatting on those names
>>> indefinitely if you don't purchase them from GoDaddy. They also have
>>> very shoddy support - you are just a number. I wouldn't trust them,
>>> personally.
>> 
>> they're not the only ones who do that. trapping searches is an old
>> trick that's been going on for *years*.

> Is "register.com", the site indicated by the OP, actually GoDaddy? If 
> not is register.com a suitable place for domain registration?

I use Hover.com.

I won't do business with GoDaddy.

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Finding a reputable domain name provider paris2venice <paris2venice@gmail.com> - 2012-08-17 22:50 -0700
  Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-08-18 18:32 +1000
  Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2012-08-18 19:25 +0000
  Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2012-08-18 19:57 -0500
    Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider paris2venice <paris2venice@gmail.com> - 2012-08-18 21:36 -0700
    Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-19 01:52 -0400
      Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-20 20:33 -0400
        Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-08-21 08:29 -0700
          Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-21 09:22 -0700
            Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2012-08-21 10:58 -0700
              Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-21 22:39 -0700
              Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-22 07:17 +0000
          Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2012-08-21 14:21 -0700
          Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-24 02:12 -0400
    Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2012-08-19 10:57 -0500
  Re: Finding a reputable domain name provider Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-18 21:14 -0400

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