I placed half a dozen orders with different registrars for a special name when the
Afilias whois disappeared from our screens for the first time after the start of
live registration.I will of course publically acknowledge NameScout for its ethical
business practices once my card has been credited about AUD$95.
If I don't get
some satisfaction in the next week from what is the third telephone promise that
my card will be credited, I will advise the forum and we can add NameScout to the
list of registrars you deal with at your own risk.
Since the first week of real
time .info registrations I have been a loyal customer of RegisterFly. Until
then I had been a loyal customer of Gandi.net who although they then had a clunky
rego process, they were very competitively priced and very quick and reliable.
Good
luck Landrushers - it's time for DNS administration for the broad public good, rather
than as is now evident - the self interest of the current ICANN executive and their
business associates.
Until the excesses and abuses familiar to the posters become
public knowledge and ICANN's political masters feel thay have no alternative but
to take action against current ICANN office holders, those in control at ICANN will
behave as though a law unto themselves, unaffected by the morals and ethics, mores
and laws that temper the behaviour of most of us most of the time, for the public
good.
Until the the opinions and best interests of the broad Internet community
are represented and heard in appropriate numbers at the highest levels of ICANN,
the culture of corruption presided over by the current ICANN administration will
continue.
Until there is a shake up and shake out at ICANN, why would anyone with
even a small interest in the DNS have trust in those at ICANN who are responsible
for the fiascos of the .info and .biz launches, or have confidence when dealing with
registries and a large proportion of registrars.