Lest you think I was unduly harsh on the InterNIC, fast becoming a bastion
of incompetence, try this on for size (and afterwards, try running a
"whois" on your favorite domain).
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Forwarded message from John Fraizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:05:05 -0500
> From: John Fraizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: InterNIC - We put the "I" in incompetent.
>
>
> Hello boys and girls. The time is now 0800 EST and of course, whois is
> still screwed.
>
> [rs.internic.net]
>
> Registrant:
> EnterZone.Net (ENTERZONE2-DOM)
> 604 East Rich Street
> Columbus, OH 43215
> US
>
> Domain Name: ENTERZONE.NET
>
> Record last updated on 09-May-97.
> Database last updated on 13-Mar-99 23:57:32 EST.
>
> Domain servers in listed order:
>
> NS1.ENTERZONE.NET 209.41.244.5
> NS2.ENTERZONE.NET 209.41.244.6
>
>
> The InterNIC Registration Services database contains ONLY
> non-military and non-US Government Domains and contacts.
> Other associated whois servers:
> American Registry for Internet Numbers - whois.arin.net
> European IP Address Allocations - whois.ripe.net
> Asia Pacific IP Address Allocations - whois.apnic.net
> US Military - whois.nic.mil
> US Government - whois.nic.gov
>
>
>
>
> Lets see... Where do we begin...
>
> 1) They lost the data from our update.
>
> >From: Domain Registration Role Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [NIC-990310.2ebf] ENTERZONE.NET
> >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 05:48:48 -0500 (EST)
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >X-Mailer: fastmail [version 2.4 PL24alpha4]
> >X-UIDL: e1f57853ffcc7b0ad65532566d6484df
> >
> >The updates, of the domain name shown below, have been completed. If you
> >wish to make changes to this domain in the future, please submit a Domain
> >Name Registration Agreement to:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >Please write "modify" on line 0a.
> >
> >All requests completed before 19:00 Eastern time will be included in the
> >root server update. The root zone files are updated 7 days a week. These
> >changes should be visible in our Whois database the following day.
> >
> >If you wish to make changes to the domain record, contact record, host
> >record or the registrant name, please use the following URL to complete
> >the proper form:
> >
> > http://rs.internic.net/help/templates.html
> >
> >Network Solutions is not an agent or representative of your Internet
> >Service Provider, web-hosting company, or other organizations with which
> >you have contracted for Internet-related services. This change to your
> >domain name record does not amend, modify, or otherwise affect the terms
> >and conditions of any agreement(s) you may have with third parties.
> >
> >Network Solutions, Inc.
> >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Phone: 703-742-4777(Monday-Friday 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern Time)
> >Fax: 703-742-9552
> >================================================================
> >
> >
> >EnterZone.Net (ENTERZONE2-DOM)
> > 6227 Headley Road
> > Gahanna, OH 43230
> > US
> >
> > Domain Name: ENTERZONE.NET
> >
> > Administrative Contact:
> > Fraizer, John (JF1998) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > +1 614 316-2708
> > Technical Contact:
> > Network Operations Center (NOC179-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > +1 614 316-2708
> > Billing Contact:
> > Network Operations Center (NOC179-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > +1 614 316-2708
> >
> > Record last updated on 12-Mar-99.
> > Domain servers in listed order:
> >
> > NS1.ENTERZONE.NET 209.41.244.5
> > NS2.ENTERZONE.NET 209.41.244.6
> >
> >=========================================================================
>
>
> Why do any of even take the time to keep our records up to date when they
> just go lose them, corrupt them, ignore them?
>
>
>
> 2) They took the POC information out of the display both from rwhois and
> telnet. Just how are we supposed to find the POCs for a domain now?
>
> 3) They are causing service effecting outages with NO NOTICE to US, their
> customers.
>
> This is getting real %^&*# old, real %^*# fast.
>
> I wish they would start spending my $35/yr per domain on clue.
>
> [...]
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