[191561] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Domain renawals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Chase)
Thu Sep 22 00:00:28 2016
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:00:55 -0400
From: Ken Chase <math@sizone.org>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160921184643.GA99310@reptiles.org>
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EasyDNS has gone beyond the normal registrar dilligence and has
resisted bogus takedowns and other things, where many would just
bend over backwards. They can do this a bit more easily by being in Canada
as well:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160606/10541834640/riaa-demands-takedown-thepiratebayorg-easydns-refuses-over-lack-due-process.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150107/17585829627/easydns-sued-refusing-to-take-down-website-without-court-order-then-hit-again-writing-about-lawsuit.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131127/02062025385/easydns-continues-to-fight-bogus-website-seizures-city-london-police-after-verisign-issues-no-decision.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150623/17321931439/icanns-war-whois-privacy.shtml
Mark Jeftovic, owner is a great guy who's one of the old school netheads (cut
my teeth with him as co admins under an ISP owned by Osama Arafat who went on
to found Q9). Recommended.
/kc
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 02:46:43PM -0400, Jim Mercer said:
>On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:43:50AM -0700, james machado wrote:
>> so who would you quantify as secure and reliable? who does not require
>> additional "services" besides registration or spend all their time trying
>> to upsell you?
>
>i'm good with easydns.com
>
>--jim
>
>>
>> james
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > cheap, secure, reliable
>> >
>> > pick two.
>> >
>> > --jim
>> >
>> > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Jeff Jones <jeff.jjones@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Sorry if this is low level. But are people sick of registrars jacking up
>> > > prices? Who is the cheapest and most reliable? I have been using
>> > whois.com,
>> > > networksolutions.com and am looking for input on who is cheap, secure,
>> > > reliable registrar. Thanks for your input.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jim Mercer Reptilian Research jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633
>> >
>> > Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
>> > arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather
>> > to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up,
>> > totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
>> > -- Hunter S. Thompson
>> >
>
>--
>Jim Mercer Reptilian Research jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633
>
>Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of
>arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather
>to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up,
>totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
> -- Hunter S. Thompson
--
Ken Chase - math@sizone.org Toronto Canada
