On Mon, 3 May 2004 15:16:00 +0800 (SGT) Kelsey Hartigan Go <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Holden Hao wrote: > > > make a stand on this issue. A lot is at stake. > > > > As an individual, I just made my stand and registered with a different > > TLD. It was also a lot cheaper. ;) > > So what is your stand about the .ph? Your happy with it or unhappy with > it? I am unhappy with the current situation. A client has an existing lifetime domain that was registered in 1999 and they recently asked me to move their site to another server. On the course of doing so I found out that even if they have a lifetime domain I could not use the current web-based configuration system of Dot.ph, the registrar. To be able to use their web-based system they are asking for $70 to "upgrade" the service. If you don't upgrade then you need to download and fax them a form but it will still cost you Php 1350.00. This for me is very expensive just to have somebody type in a few numbers. Clearly, this would not happen if Dot.ph has competition. So opting not to bow down to a monopoly I got a new domain. Holden -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
