Ron and all,
Unethical business practice is a Trade Mark of Register.com, pardon the
pun. >:) But given its benifactor, (ICANN), it is no small wonder.
Ron Bennett wrote:
> At 05:01 PM 12/22/99 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >On 23-Dec-1999 Ron Bennett wrote:
> >> First off I've been warning people to avoid Register.com
> >> since Spring time - they haven't broken any rules/laws,
> >> but have acted very unethically in many instances.
> >
> >And this is backed up by?
>
> I'm not going to rehash it, but Register.com has acted
> unethically on various occasions.
>
> >> NSI's WorldNic and some other registrars have had similar
> >> problems...common sense would say that the registration
> >> program shouldn't give a confirmation until NSI Registry has
> >> acknowledged the domain has been accepted...but instead
> >> it appears some registration programs simply continue the
> >> registration when the connection to NSI Registry timesout
> >> instead of aborting the registration or generating a warning
> >> that the registration has not been completed, etc. It seems
> >> to me that all registrars should have to have their registration
> >> programs CERTIFIED before use, but that's my .02.
> >
> >The problem isn't in the registration system on the registrar, but in NSI's
> >registry being down quite often.
>
> 100% uptime is impossible and any experienced database
> programmer knows that and thus the registration programs
> should be written to take into account NSI Registry downtime.
>
> >>> Another example is:
> >>>http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/11/1155244.shtml
> >>
> >> That shows how unethical Register.com really is and
> >> reaffirms what I've been telling people for months. But
> >> NSI Registrar is very much to blame too and *possibly*
> >> NSI Registry since I question whether NSI Registrar
> >> software problem may've been a result or attributed to
> >> NSI Registry in some way (of course we'll never know
> >> unless the person who lost "races.com" goes to court).
> >>
> >Sorry, Ron, this doesn't wash. Register.com legitimately registered the
> >domain after NSI deleted it. NSI failed to enact a registration on the
> domain
> >name, and as a result, there was no registration contract with the new
>
> The RNCA is a registration contract of sorts and upon
> executing the RNCA, NSI Registrar entered into an
> agreement with the NEW registrant John McLanahan
> and thus is obligated to complete the transfer. NSI
> Registrar can make all the excuses they want, but in
> court they're toast in my view.
>
> >registrant. Register.com has a completed transaction, and contract with a
> >customer, NSI didn't. I say this is a clear example of Register.com acting
> >ethically and with a good solid backbone. We all may not like that the guy
>
> Wrong. Register.com was *promptly* made aware that
> the domain wasn't really available by NSI Registrar due
> to their mistake. Register.com in essance has registered
> a domain that's 'stolen' - both unethical and possibly illegal.
>
> >didn't get the domain he expected to be getting, but his case is with NSI
> >Registrar's negligence, not any subsequent registration by someone else as a
> >result of that negligence.
>
> Nonsense! The "races.com" is 'stolen' and the new owner
> could find himself in court one of these days or more likely
> he'll be suing Register.com one of these days if and when
> "races.com" is returned to the proper owner John McLanahan.
>
> Ron Bennett
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