Hi Fagyal,

This is interesting. Was the domain registered as a package? Or, or they
abusing their position as the client's agent to cover their tracks on the
hosting screw-up?

You might be wise to get then to put their demands in writing. A cleaver
attorney might find this useful.

Best, Loren

"Fagyal Csongor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Just an interesting story to share with you.

A client (we programmed his site) of mine hosts his site at host Whatever Inc.
in the US. After 6 months of operation, the site disappears. Whatever Inc.
claims they don't know the cause, but re-creates the virtual host and other
settings. All data lost. My client asks for a restoration of data (mostly user
data and user links, as this was a Yahoo style site) from the backups (7 days
rotating backup guaranteed by Whatever Inc.) Whatever Inc. says they "forgot
to backup the site". My client tries to move his site - well, no site any
more, only the domain - to my hosting company. Whatever Inc. denies the
transfer, as this legacy domain was registered at NetSol and not with us, they
are listed as Administrative contact, so they can do it. They say they will
hold back the domain until my client signes an agreement that he will not sue
them, and will not ask for a refund of the remaining 18 months of hosting fees
which he had paid in advance.

Does the word "ethics" ring a bell? Can you believe all this? Meanwhile, the
site is down, my client loses all of his users, the latest backup is 5months
old (I have made it "accidentally"). 

I was wondering what you guys think about this situation.

- Csongor



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