It often seems to be that expired domains from NSI are
available for BID of a minimum of $300 from their whois lookup when they should be
available for registration!There is a particular domain that I want to use very
badly which had expired in Oct. 2000 (6 months ago) at the same time the .org version
previously leased by the same people. The .org became available recently, which I
promptly registered, but the .com continues to not be available.
It seems to me
that a domain should be available for re-registration by a new party after an established
period of it's official expiration date. To allow a registar to extort revenue by
making it available though a bidding service, is downright unfair and unethical!
This
expiration topic was not an issue when NSI was the only registar, but sadly, it seems
Network Solutions is the only register who seems to be able to get away with it now.
I'm
so perturbed over this issue that I intend to transfer any domain that I manage from
NSI/Internic/Network Solutions/or whatever they call themselves these days ASAP.
Are there any rules regarding this expired domain topic? If so, where may I find
them and how is it enforced?
Maybe John Postel really had a thought when he suggested
that the U.S. Postal service control the .us domains... I vote, not that it may matter,
to consider having the U.S. Postal service manage the entire domain structure. Maybe
then, the management will turn over these domain for the revenue they should be raising!
Best
'net regards,
Joe