Charles, can we opensrs'ers have an API to expiring names too please!
> Paul,
>
> This article might answer some of your questions:
>
> "Domain Goldrush III - Wild Wild West"
> http://www.ecommercebase.com/article.php/447
>
> Generally good names last for milliseconds rather than seconds or minutes.
> And many ICANN registrars play an active role in grabbing the names for
> "partners".
>
> Lee Hodgson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I've been checking the whois.crsnic.net twice a day, but I've been
> > checking for availability via the API every half hour since my
> > initial NSI ticket, issued on June 15th.
> >
> > How are others dealing with this? Should I be polling for a domain's
> > availability every few seconds instead of every half hour? That seems
> > like an aweful waste of bandwidth....
> >
> > If this comes up again (as I'm sure it will), is the "right" course of
> > action to pay NSI their multiple years of registration for services not
> > rendered, and just call it the cost of doing business? That too seems
> > like the wrong approach....
>
