> As a side note, Mr. Blake said he would certainly research any
>transfer order where NSI apparently dropped the ball and let a
>domain expire where the owner wanted it transferred. My list would
>be kinda short. It'd be shame to have Mr. Blake spend his time
>researching such a short list. Anyone care to add to it?
This is not a short list. It is _not_ uncommon in my experience for NSi
to sit on a transfer request from another registrar for up to a week of
time just to make certain that "when they get to it" the domain has then
expired, thereby allowing them to deny the registrar transfer.
The only solution I have found is to start the registrar transfer process
at least a month, sometimes more, before a domain is to expire. And,
then, track the progress _very_ closely so that you know immediately if
there is a problem.
I have found the personnel at Tucows wonderful at helping during such
situations, helping considerably in making it clear to NSi to "stop
messing around".
Dealing with NSi in these situations, I have found, is completely
useless. As with _everything_ I have ever experienced with NSi directly,
they are either horribly incompetent or exceedingly unethical.
