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Network Solutions Is the Devil!

I don't know how much longer Redmonk.Net is going to be on the air. I managed to postpone re-registering the domain, not it has expired. I tried to transfer the domain to Dotster, and got this response from the transfer request to NetSol:

Dear Steve Ivy:

Because the domain name, REDMONK.NET, did not meet the criteria to change registrars, Network Solutions/Verisign has instructed the Registry not to change the registrar.

Specifically, the domain name didn't meet the criteria because:

It is not in a paid status at Network Solutions/Verisign.

Sincerely,

Network Solutions, Inc. Change of Registrar Group

Of course, no link or email address is provided to let me talk to someone at NetSol and kick some a**. I am only told, "you cannot transfer your domain because it is our version of limbo." I conspiratorially imagine this is the case so that I cannot transfer my expired domain before Network Solutions has a chance to auction it off. Bastards.

So, I'm thinking about registering a new domain, monkinetic.com. Hmmm. What do you think?

My name is Steve Ivy and I write about technology, the open web, social software, and general nerdity on monkinetic.com. You should follow me on Twitter or subscribe to this blog if you like what you're reading. I spend my days hacking Movable Type, python, Django, and various other efforts at Wallrazer. This is my personal site.