[24737] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: more internic fun, and an idea
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Robb)
Wed Aug 4 23:54:33 1999
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 23:22:54 -0400
To: "melinda b. thompson" <ima@badhabit.org>
From: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v04011728b3cdec8c7cc9@[24.0.148.12]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 06:36 AM 8/4/99 -0700, melinda b. thompson wrote:
>
>have been now waiting since july 17 for a simple NS change on a domain.
>
>this is getting a bit ridiculous.
>
>i suggest that internic should prorate the yearly charge and have to
>subtract the prorated days that it takes them to process change orders from
>the yearly bill for the domain.
>
>each single one would be just a small ammount.
>
>however, with as many domains that have been held up in "manual processing"
>or whatever, it could add up.
>
Eminently reasonable. Supposedly, your registration fee is a lump-sum to
cover the costs of administering the DNS entry over the length of the
registration. Any time periods you're not getting *correct* administration
of that entry should not be charged for. It's charging you for work not
performed; which just happens to be illegal.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of ICANN?"
Dean Robb
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