Hello,
http://names.tucows.com/ is not a "bad link." It just points you to the correct
one. (However, you're right, It could be done better)
We have asked ICANN to change our listing. No luck.
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Tiger Technologies wrote: > When customers want to
check on OpenSRS's ICANN accreditation, they often > go to the page at:
>
> http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html
>
> Two problems:
>
> 1. It says "Tucows.com, Inc." instead of "OpenSRS". Ideally, it would be
> better if it said OpenSRS; I already have enough trouble trying to
> explain to the customers who OpenSRS is, without having to also explain
> that it's not actually listed under that name with ICANN.
>
> 2. The "Tucows.com, Inc." link points to "http://names.tucows.com/",
> which is a bad link.
>
> The two of these combined made one of my customers very suspicious of my
> business today.
>
> I know that the OpenSRS home page says that they're owned by Tucows and
> accredited. But there needs to be a way to confirm it from the other
> direction, starting at the ICANN page.
>
> It would be nice if OpenSRS could contact ICANN and get it fixed ASAP.
>
> --
> Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
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Robert Rivers
OpenSRS Technical Operations
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