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Username:	spot
Date/Time:	Thu, November 8, 2001 at 2:36 AM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.5 using Windows 98
Subject:	Yep, I've been checking for availability on register.com, then buying from a cheaper registrar.
Message:
After buying, it shows as no longer available back at Register.com, but of course the whois doesn't show anything as yet. It's a stupid chicken-arse way of going about it, but what at least there's a way of checking if something's been taken. Why neulevel couldn't just stick a 'not available and no whois data available' flag for group 2 and 3, I do not know. Clearly it is because they are either incompetant or corrupt benefiting from confusion and inconvenience (or both). On the bright side, there are still some good generics available. I just picked up a one word generic entirely suited to business, which when entered into Google yields 2.5 million results - can't be bad.

Message Thread:

• Has anyone managed to register a .biz since it allegedly went live? Has the database been updated? — spot, November 7 @ 6:33 PM (3/8)
• I managed to succesfulling register online about 10 names with idregister.com — mole, November 8 @ 2:12 AM (1/1)
• Yep, I've been checking for availability on register.com, then buying from a cheaper registrar. — spot, November 8 @ 2:36 AM (0/0)
• People have been registering .BIZ names for over 7 years. — Jim Fleming, November 7 @ 7:03 PM (1/4)
• To Jim Fleming, go away you psycho.... — peeved, November 7 @ 7:15 PM (1/3)
• Did you get Monkey.BIZ ? — Jim Fleming, November 7 @ 7:53 PM (1/2)
• Couldn't since you had an IP claim against it... — peeved, November 7 @ 8:23 PM (1/1)
• (^_^) — mole, November 8 @ 2:42 AM (0/0)
• Here is what I gathered — peeved, November 7 @ 6:46 PM (0/0)

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