At 8/26/01 6:42 PM, JS Schiller wrote:
>Y'know, I think it is worth noting that there are OSRS resellers that
>are, in fact, ICANN accredited registrars - I would imagine they have
>elected for the reseller model after putting the registrar model to the
>test. They may have or may use different DBA's ('does business as' not
>db admin :) ) such that it is not apparent from ICANN's 'accredited'
>list that the website/reseller is indeed on said list.
>
>Point: It very well may be that compliance has looked into the matter,
>determined that all is as it should be, but didn't feel obliged to
>report the results to you. I think that's fair, but that's MHO.
I should have pointed out that the reseller in question is definitely not
an accredited registrar; it is a one-person operation selling a couple of
dozen domains a month as a sideline, and I have had extensive dealings
with the person in question.
In general, though, you are of course correct that that is a possibility.
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Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies