You're going to try that tired argument in every thread until it sticks? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 7:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: ISP/Exchange Question On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, at 9:24am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Except that your ISP holds you hostage because it "owns" your DNS > entries until you can get them moved somewhere else. Well, first off, my original point was that Internet access is not the inalienable right that some people seem to think it is. The above is commentary on the difficulty of switching service providers. Really only tangentially related. But anyway... :) > Changing ISPs is not a trivial task for most small- to medium-sized > businesses. Changing anything with IT infrastructure is not a trivial task for most small- to medium-sized businesses. That is why there are consultants and support companies. Joe Business Owner might not understand how to transition from one DNS hosting provider to another, but we sure do. Technical commentary: Your DNS hosting provider really cannot hold a domain hostage. Sure, they can refuse to help you or support it, but switching to a new set of registered nameservers is a straight-forward process. Of course, in some cases, an ISP will register a domain for a customer, but register it in their own name, and not the name of the customer. This is bad form, bad business, and generally violates the ICANN UDNDRP (section 2, subsections a and b). Of course, none of that means it does not happen. It is, alas, not uncommon. Still, if one can provide evidence of what occurred, you can generally get ownership transfered. Is the dispute process fun? No, certainly not. But consider: If your business depends on something, and you discover you do not have legal rights to that something, would you not take immediate action to correct it? In other words, if you discover your ISP has registered your domain name in their name rather then your own, wouldn't you move to fix that, even if you were otherwise perfectly happy with your ISP? I know I sure would. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
