Rusty and all, Looks like what I had predicted, along with others, that ICANN's "Test Bed" Registrars has run amuck. No small wonder with that though, I imagine... >:( Rusty H. Hodge wrote: > At 1:41 PM -0800 12/11/99, William X. Walsh wrote: > > >http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,32974,00.html > > Network Solutions couldn't just delete the > registration since it was filed by Register.com. > The company contacted Register.com and asked > them to do a favor and give it back, but > Register.com said no, we're under contract with > the guy who registered it from us. > > They did this about 9 months ago as I remember - deleting a lot of > domains that should not have been deleted. They ended up taking the > domains back and reassigning them to the previous owners. No recourse > was offered to the people who thought they owned the new domain - > except they were offered a "free" new domain registration. Some of > these were registerd for weeks before NetSol contacted the new owners > telling them that an error had been made. > > Here's the letter I got: > > Dear Domain Name Registrant: > > Network Solutions registered the domain name #####.COM to your > organization on February 25, 1999. It has been brought to our attention > that the registration prior to yours was inadvertently deleted by Network > Solutions, and it must be returned to the original registrant. > > We do recognize the significance of a sudden loss of Internet identity, and > upon your request we will expedite a new registration for your organization, > and will not charge the initial $70.00 registration fee. Upon receipt of > the tracking number, contact me either by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by > phone at (703) 742-4883. If you reach voice mail, please leave your name, > telephone number, new domain name, and associated tracking number. I will > mark the domain name as Paid in our database, and you will not receive an > invoice for this billing period. > > We are canceling your registration of the ###########.COM domain name > effective immediately. The domain name will be returned to its original > registrant. Network Solutions sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience > this inadvertent registration to your organization has caused. > > If you have further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact > me. > > Sincerely, > > Lauren Johnson > Investigations and Research > Business Affairs Office > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-742-4800 Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
