While browsing the Dotster pages, I came across: http://www.dotster.com/special/transfer.asp
... which contains: ------ Thanks to a special arrangement with Network Solutions, transferring your domain from Network Solutions to Dotster (and saving over 60% in the process!) is now a breeze. Simply use Dotster to initiate your transfer from Network Solutions. Be sure to allow plenty of time before your domain's expiration date. Follow the directions provided. Dotster will send an e-mail to the administrative contact shown in the WhoIs database within 24 hours. Respond to the e-mail as directed. In 5-7 days, your transfer will complete. You can check the progress of the transfer when you log in to your account. How is this different? Transfers initiated from other registrars will need additional verification and authentication by Network Solutions. They send an additional e-mail to you that must be responded to within a limited time frame, or else the transfer is denied. This can cause costly delays, which can result in the expiration of your domain, or a requirement that you renew your domain with Network Solution before transferring. ------ This is so obviously wrong on so many different levels that I won't even bother to discuss it, but I'm wondering what form the "special arrangement" takes, and whether it would be so repulsive that OpenSRS might not hold their nose and try and make the same deal. -- Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies "The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was."
