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Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Scum This doesn't sit right with me. This prevents the consumer from purchasing the domain name at a different provider if he wishes. For instance, if he doesn't like how network solutions is run or finds a cheaper price he can't go somewhere else. Simple solution, don't use network solutions for anything. Don't even search using them. Starve them. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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networksolushits
@bulldogdsl.com
| Just go to their site & enter stupid domains, porn names or abusive names like www.networksolutionsrbigpricks&iwillpurchaseelsewhere.com, they will have fun registering & holding these useless names for 5 days  | |
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join:2001-12-02
Hyattsville, MD | Re: Scum Wow! That is dirty. It's sad but nowadays, I'm not even surprised when a company does something like this. Your suggestion is a pretty good one though. | |
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citywide
join:2005-07-23
Phoenix, AZ | That they do. LOL | |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH | Re: Shady When I first registered a domain name used Network Solutions. Figured as legacy registrar they would be more stable better then newcomers. Sadly that has not been true. Moved to other registrar years ago.
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
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join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
1 edit | Contact ICANN Never Mind . . . | |
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
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join:2001-05-12
ß | Re: Contact ICANN I think you mean Internic
(If you have questions, comments or complaints about accredited registrars, go to www.internic.net.) | |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD | Re: Contact ICANN Jeez . . . you're right!
What was I thinking?
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
Premium
join:2001-05-12
ß | Re: Contact ICANN that's ok...I'm so mad at this I almost threw my monitor out the window! | |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
| Re: Contact ICANN said by AnonProxy  :that's ok...I'm so mad at this I almost threw my monitor out the window! That's EXACTLY my feeling. NetSol has confirmed they are dirty, greedy bottom-feeding scum suckers with this action.
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Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | Re: Contact ICANN sitefinder didn't clue you into that? | |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| Why? Network Solutions has bought and paid for them. The fact that every time the monopoly on .com registrations comes up for renewal it automatically gets handed to Network Solutions is a good indication of that. The best workaround is TO NOT use NSI for domain availability queries but rather one of the other providers. The question I do not see an answer to is this activity taking place from www.networksolutions.com queries or from www.internic.net queries? I guess I need to do some testing and see what is up.
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
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join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
| Re: Contact ICANN said by n2jtx :Why? Their actions are designed for one purpose, to prevent me from buying domains from a cheaper registrar. You can rest assured I'll NEVER use NetSol for anything.
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| | | fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: Contact ICANN I stopped using NetSol for ANYTHING, even looking anything up, since 2002. The funny thing is that I always suspected something like this would EVENTUALLY happen.. I was always afraid to look for domains until I knew it was time to take it.. and to be honest, I'd never use their site to search for anything either - whois or just to see if something was available.
This company needs to go, and now. | |
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Michael_0000001
@sbcglobal.net
| "has bought and paid for them"
NOT WAY, this is what Bob Parsons of GoDaddy termed domain kiting. They have NO out of pocket fees. Network Solutions and others allow scammers to register a domain and then cancel it within 5 days with no fee (not even the 20 cents to ICANN). They are then allowed to re-register the same name for yet another 5 days, and so the process begins. Free domains with a simple automated register / cancel script.
I'm all for the 20 cent fee being mandatory at the time of registration. Charging even this 20 cents will make it unprofitable for scammers to keep re-registering these domains. | |
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Beth64
Time Is An Illusion. Lunchtime Doubly So
join:2003-11-17
Brooklyn, NY
·Optimum Online
| said by n2jtx :Why? Network Solutions has bought and paid for them. The fact that every time the monopoly on .com registrations comes up for renewal it automatically gets handed to Network Solutions is a good indication of that. The best workaround is TO NOT use NSI for domain availability queries but rather one of the other providers. The question I do not see an answer to is this activity taking place from www.networksolutions.com queries or from www.internic.net queries? I guess I need to do some testing and see what is up. AFAICT, www.networksolutions.com queries only.
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
Premium
join:2001-05-12
ß | Bull- SHIT There is NO need to secure a domain name that isn't owned by anyone, except to profiteer in their sale. | |
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izy
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Naples, FL | Does this cost... Network Solutions to squat on these domain name searches from their website? | |
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
Premium
join:2001-05-12
ß
1 edit | Re: Does this cost... I think they can sit the domain for 5 days, with no fee.
What they do is submit the request, register it, then back out due to "non payment".
It doesn't really work that way but it is the same process they use when doing transactions. They "float" the domain for a few days.
Technically it's a client hold process, testing the viability of the client's status. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by izy :Network Solutions to squat on these domain name searches from their website? if it does, create a script to search random letters costing them a bunch. even if its a few pennies/domain, a few million searches could cost them.
use their own greed against them
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
Premium
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs: | Garbage and GREED Upon reflection, I do not wish to post. Take me back! | |
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cmancool4
join:2006-05-01
Howell, NJ | Prices I have had to deal with network solutions on several occasions with different clients and their prices are outrageous compared to other domain sites. Obviously, they can't compete with the other companies if they don't cheat! | |
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Gres7
join:2001-03-05
Brooklyn, NY | how nice of them and all for "low" $35 annual fee. | |
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jgkolt
Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs: | Re: how nice of them we can use this to our advantage. Now someone can block someone else from registering a domain. This doesn't sit right with me either.
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| | dentman42
join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Re: how nice of them said by jgkolt :we can use this to our advantage. Now someone can block someone else from registering a domain. This doesn't sit right with me either. And just write a script to search for it every 5 days so they keep hold of it. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by Gres7 :and all for "low" $35 annual fee. I remember when it was $70 or $100 a month or year, was so expensive back in like 1997 I never looked back. Thank god they broke that monopoly up. Netsol=Ma Bell of DNS. | |
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join:2001-03-15
Smithtown, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Network Solutions is a terrible company A friend had 2 domain names registered at Net Sol. He switched ISP's and his old email address used by Net Sol was lost. He never received emails regarding his password being changed on his Net Sol account.
Net Sol make it almost impossible to renew the domain name which went into the "awaiting renewal or deletion" status. 3 times he faxed off the required info to get his password and update his email address. They kept sending back information on the wrong account. You cannot get a real person and he ended up loosing one domain, the other went into a 30 day hold where Net Sol wanted a premium to get it back. Nothing like holding the customer hostage!! The Net Sol web site plainly said it was a 30 day hold, which in itself is wrong.
Eventually after more like 60 days, not 30 the domain became available so he purchased it from a much cheaper (and better) registration company. There they had to do some manual intervention because even though Net Sol said the domain was available they still had some kind of hold on it
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs:
·Embarq
| Run them out of business Why not just have a domain-search party. Go to Network Solutions website and search for available domains until they spend so much money registering domains that you aren't going to buy that they will have to either stop the process or go out of business. | |
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Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs:
| Re: Run them out of business ha i just tried and the first one i tried is already registered or rather squated.
»networksolutionssucks.com/
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LiamJunket
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
·Comcast
|  ICANN looking in to this - BUT could take a couple years
»ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQ6j···8U2GJPO0
In a draft report issued this week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers outlined key issues for a committee to study further and craft recommendations. A final report is due after a public comment period closes Jan. 28.
Don't expect any immediate relief. The committee, the Generic Names Supporting Organization, could take months or years to review the matter, after which ICANN's board still would have to vote on any changes. Here is the ICANN report on "Domain Tasting":
»gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tas···an08.pdf
You can comment on their report here:
domain-tasting-2008@icann.org
And see other comments here:
»forum.icann.org/lists/domain-tasting-2008/
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Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs:
1 edit | ha try contacting network solutions They dont have an email you can send to but everytime i try to use their form they give me an error "Remove spaces from the start and end of the data" MAYBE THEY DONT WANT TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE PREMIUM priced domain registration. I think i spent 9 bucks on my registration.
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Packeteers
Premium
join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
| GoDaddy does it too I had the same thing happen to me over a year ago.
did a whois on godaddy of an obscure domain name.
it was available, but I waited 2 weeks to come
back to register it, and GoDaddy had already
camped that domain for the next 2 years. f'kers. | |
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
Premium
join:2001-05-12
ß
| Re: GoDaddy does it too No that's different. That means someone actually bought it. The way it works is they have about 3-7 days to sit the domain. Sort of like a "waiting for payment" thing.
If it was "camped" for two years, that means someone bought it and did nothing with it. | |
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Packeteers
Premium
join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: GoDaddy does it too I beg to differ, as it's a
very obscure domain name.
GoDaddy is holding it randsome,
GoDaddy wants $1,000 for it now.
and 13 Months later has done
nothing with it at all.
I'll just wait till the 2 years
are up. was just a hobby idea. | |
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AnonProxy
Proxy of Anon
Premium
join:2001-05-12
ß | Re: GoDaddy does it too No what I mean is that someone BOUGHT it. If they actually BOUGHT it, they can do nothing with it or everything with it.
The person that bought it used the anon buying option, and is listing it with godaddy, that is all. | |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
·Charter Pipeline
·Verizon west (ex G..
| Can see it both ways Having several domain names to myself, and done domain registering for others, I can say that I'd see this both ways.
From the negative (which seems to be the majority around here): Yes, they squat on the name as soon as you search it, preventing other registrars from being able to register it if you find it some place cheaper/better.
The positive: I've had to research domain names for companies and individuals who want a particular name, only to find that one has already been taken (and is in actual use). So, I start brainstorming alternatives, and I will search every one of them and then make a "alternative List" of the ones that are available and the ones that are not, so when I go before the client (business or personal), I can give them options, and if they suggest some obvious options I already though of, I can tell them straight off if it's available or not. Now, with Network Solutions doing this, I know that in the time I'm discussing options with a client, no one else can "take" the options I am presenting so when the client picks one, I can go back and get it knowing it's going to still be available, thanks to Network Solutions policy.
So you can see this both ways. I think a lot of you are seeing it from the personal level where the domain you want is initially available, and therefore the lock out is unfair. But for those who are trying to get their second/third/forth choice or need to discuss options with business management, this service might be good for them.
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Blueghost
join:2005-02-09
Carmel, NY
| Terrible Company I had an email and hosting account and several domains with Netsol that I decided to move because of the cost. The move pretty much went without a problem except once the domains and email became active on the new server, I started receiving a significant increase in spam. From just about nothing to around 60 a day. I don't know if Netsol dropped a dime on me or if the new company just wants me to buy a spam service or something. Anyway Netsol is way over priced. | |
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join:2001-06-11
Kenosha, WI
|  I Was A Victim To This Scam
Dear Angel Gonzalez,
You have received an offer for:
Domain Name: THE DOMAIN NAME I WANT TO BUY
Amount: $100.00
To accept or counter the offer, please log into your DomainSponsor account.
If you have any questions please contact us at DSsupport@domainsponsor.com
Regards,
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email: DSsupport@domainsponsor.com
website: domainsponsor.com
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
| Safe domain availability search? I saw this posted on /.
quote:
Here, use this:
»support.suso.org/dns/saferdomainlookup.php [suso.org]
I wrote it a few months ago after these types of issues started coming up. I provide some transparency so that you can have confidence in trusting it. Of course, you can always use command line whois or DNS tools.
»slashdot.org/articles/08/01/08/1920215.shtml
From Suso's domain availability checker:
quote:
A safer place to check for domain availability. Please only use this website if you want to check if a domain is available. Do not use other websites unless they offer some guarantee that they do not share their domain lookup logs with 3rd parties.
Welcome to Suso's safer domain availability checker. This page was created to provide everyone with a safer way to check for domain availability without fear that the query itself will be recorded and used to snatch the domain from you before you can register it.
YMMV
Anyone know of any other safe domain availability search sites?
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now in strawberry
Assistant
join:2000-07-07
New York, NY | Re: Safe domain availability search? HA!!!! I always had my suspicions. I would try out names and think to myself that MUST be going to a database somewhere that "someone" has expressed interest in the "that" name. | |
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MrMaster
What If
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
clubs: | Thanks Karl! Thanks for stealing my business name eataardvark.com!
I was going to make millions off that website.
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@qwest.net
| networksolutions is going down lets see how many we can register by searching
find a text editer and make tons this may stop there rip off scams and there gonna help themselfes do it
these are all registered names and submitted to search engines
networksolutionspathetic3 .com
networksolutionssucksass2 .com
networksolutionssucks2 .com
networksolutionsisgay2 .com
networksolutionsisrippingyouoff2 .com
networksolutionsfuckyou2 .com
networksolutionseatshit2 .com
fuckyounetworksolutions2 .com
networksolutionsripoffs2 .com
networksolutionspathetic2 .com
networksolutionssucksass1 .com
networksolutionssucks1 .com
networksolutionsisgay1 .com
networksolutionsisrippingyouoff1 .com
networksolutionsfuckyou1 .com
networksolutionseatshit1 .com
fuckyounetworksolutions1 .com
networksolutionsripoffs1 .com
networksolutionspathetic1 .com
networksolutionssucksass .com
networksolutionssucks .com
networksolutionsisgay .com
networksolutionsisrippingyouoff .com
networksolutionsfuckyou .com
networksolutionseatshit .com
fuckyounetworksolutions .com
networksolutionsripoffs .com
networksolutionspathetic .com
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