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> >> Big ol giggle. A client asked me recently if I thought the NIC would cut
> off
> >> their domain because their payment was late. Heh. As you said, imagine
> the
> >> lawsuits!
>
> >I don't see the lawsuit issue at all. Maybe I'm missing something.
>
> A year ago or so, the Nic tried to shut down a few domain names, including
> major names. The Nic's tech dept. wasn't talking to their billing dept. and
> neither talks to their accounts paid dept. But the domains were active and
> paid up. I think they even shut down one of Microsoft's main sites, because
> they couldn't find the paid bill.
>
> Thus a threat of a lawsuit would include loss of income. Imagine shutting
> down www.dell.com for just an hour! That kind of money flow would send our
> entire list to Tahiti. And it'd ruin the Internic.
Yes, but this is entirely different from shutting down a domain for
non-payment of a bill (which is where discussion started). If InterNIC
screws up and shuts off a paid account, then yes, that would be a
problem for them.
B
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