Dear Bill, Thanks!! Do we send it to you or to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
-Brad >On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:23:21 -0800, you wrote: > >Hello Everyone. I've seen a lot of talk about what can be done about >Network Solutions business practices. Well here is your chance. The more >information they get the better... > >--- > >On behalf of two clients, Ademi & O'Reilly, Attorneys at Law, are >investigating the practices of Network Solutions. It appears that Network >Solutions and its parent company, Verisign, may be engaging in >anticompetitive behavior, in refusing to release domain names to the general >public, and in refusing to transfer domain server services to competitors. >(The latter happened to us, promtping our interest in this issue.) Our >impression is that Network Solutions has created unreasonable and >unjustified obstacles to allowing transfers of services to maintain market >share in the face of its loss of a legal monopoly. > >We would like the chance to discuss your experiences with Network Solutions. >We think that many Network Solutions customers are entitled to some sort of >refund, but we need to document how wide spread the problem is, and all of >the factual variations involved. We would certainly appreciate your help. > >Robert O'Reilly, Esq. >Ademi & O'Reilly >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(414) 671-1000 tel >(866) 264-3995 toll free > >--- > >Thank you for your email. I have in fact made substantial progress >towards a suit against Network Solutions/Verisign, although I am >still investigating at this point. I could certainly use your help >and front line experience. > >The following are, I believe, all practices of Verisign. Please >confirm any you have knowledge of, and even more importantly, please >alert as to any policies I may have missed: > >1. Verisign does not pay pro rata rebates for unused portions of >domain name registrations, when the site is transferred away. >However, Verisign does receive another $6.00 after the transfer as >Registry from the Registrar. > >2. Verisign refuses to transfer domain names if the term of the >Registration is expired. > >3. If the term of the Registration is expired, then Verisign, and >only Verisign, can remove the site from the pending deletion status >and reactivate it. This is true until the site is finally deleted >and returned to the public domain. > >4. Verisign requires the registrant to confirm a transfer request >within 36 hours of its email, or the process must reinitiated by the >Registrant through the gaining Registrar. > >5. Verisign refused to honor transfer requests received five days or >less before the end of a registration period. The Registrant must >pay Verisign for another full year term, and must wait 60 days before >again seeking to transfer the site. > >6. Verisign's renewal billing asks for seventy dollars, with no >mention of a discount (available to new users on their website), and >no stated option for a one year renewal. > >If you have any more policies, or can confirm any of these, please let me >know. > >--- > >I have had some success in my investigation against Network >Solutions. I think that a suit can be maintained, but I need >confirmation of some elements of the case. If you saved the emails >you received from Verisign/Network Solutions, I would appreciate it >if you could take a minute to forward them to me, so I can quote from >them properly. I am especially interested in the email sent by >Verisign to a gaining registrar denying the transfer because the >Registrant failed to respond to the confirmation email sent by >Verisign. I believe that Verisign would state that the ownership of >the site is in dispute. Thank you.
