Hello Jim,
NSI is just an affiliate of snapnames, like so many other sites
selling the same service.
NSI Registrar uses the same SRS registry that all other registrars
use.
Monday, July 02, 2001, 9:16:51 PM, Jim McAtee wrote:
> Are you sure someone didn't just beat you to it? If you were checking every
> 30 minutes, then wouldn't it just take somebody else with a script that
> checks every 15 minutes?
> On a similar note, I noticed recently that NSI has a "back-order any domain
> you want" feature. Sincee they operate the bloody registry, how could
> anyone possibly pick up an expired domain if there's already someone on
> NSI's very own waiting list?
> http://www.snapnames.com/nsi/networksolutions.jsp?affiliateID=49&dom=pritel.
> com
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Chvostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:35 PM
> Subject: Another NSI screwup
>>
>> Somehow, I didn't think it would happen to me.
>>
>> I called NSI a month ago to find out why the domains pritel.com and
>> pritel.net were still in their database despite having expired in 1999.
>> I was told by a dutiful phone drone that she had marked both domains for
>> deletion, and as soon as they were gone, I could recreate them.
>>
>> Last Friday, the NSI's whois record for pritel.com disappeared. But the
>> record at whois.crsnic.net remained, as did the unavailability of the
>> domain. I've been checking for their availability every half hour for
>> the past month, but suddently, this evening, whois.crsnic.net reported
>> a different registrar for pritel.com. And the date of the registration
>> is June 30th, but at no point did the domain become available! I
>> followed their instructions to the letter, making it clear that I would
>> be doing the re-registration with them once it was possible.
>>
>> Has NetSol made me SOL? IS there recourse in a case like this?
>>
>> --
>> Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 416 598-0000
>> IT Canada http://www.it.ca/
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Best regards,
William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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