I encountered the same problem - I had to phone NSI up and have them
manually add my domain name servers to their registry (after taking some
effort to explain that my domain wasn't registered thru them).
They told me this could only be done manually and the rep did indeed process
the info for me. After they added my nameserver entries manually and my
nameservers appeared in NSI's WHOIS search, all went well. It's not that NSI
refuses to let people use non-NSI domains - you just have to make sure NSI's
system recognizes your nameservers as such.
This is just my own experience with them. Yours may vary.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 8:45 PM
Subject: NSI Refusing to register domains with non-NSI DNS servers?
> I seem to recall this being discussed, but I just had someone tell me
> that NSI refused to allow them to register using DNS servers that
> weren't NSI-based.
>
> e.g.,
>
> ns1.mycompany.com = 1.2.3.4
> mycompany.com is registered through OpenSRS.
>
> Customer wants to change my-company.com (which is still at NSI) to
> use ns1.mycompany.com. NSI rejects the request, claiming that the
> name-server does not exist or is a non-NSI nameserver.
>
> Is this "legal" (e.g., are they allowed to do this under the ICANN
> agreement?) I would think this would be considered anti-competitive!
> (admittedly, MUCH of what NSI does is anti-competitive)
>
> D
>
