Re: [ga] Pointless TF Survey

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Danny , all Transfer TF members and assembly members,

  Clearly as has been seen in the past with other TF's solving
the actual problem with a proposed policy is not what this
TF is seeking or desires to do.  Hence another reason why
such TF's should be WG's so as to get an open and transparent
participation from those that have been effected, will likely
directly effected, or are in the process of being effected by such
actions of effects.

  Yes surveys are very useful as tool to gather information if
they are crafted in such a way as to actually gather specific
information to help solve a particular problem.  Surveys
as also too often used for various nefarious and suspicious
ways to do just the opposite or postpone reaching a
decision to address a problem...

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Dear Dan Steinberg and members of the Transfers TF:
>
> The following letter (cited below) was posted to the ICANN public forum:
> http://forum.icann.org/cgi-bin/rpgmessage.cgi?offtopic;3CB1D53B00000867
>
> This letter is merely one of a great many that appear in the Forums and which
> may be found in the customer complaint files of several registrars.  With all
> of the available registrant input that we have available to review, why does
> this TF persist in the belief that we require yet another "survey" to
> determine registrants attitudes regarding transfer practices?  Is there any
> compelling reason why we need to gather even more data when sufficient horror
> stories abound?  Why not just get on with the job that you volunteered to do,
> and craft a definitive policy to govern transfers?
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> I recently had a domain name coming up for renewal and thought it would be a
> good time to go to a registrar that was cheaper and had better service.
> Looking at my domain's whois record, I realized that the contact e-mail
> address was an old address that I no longer use.  In fact, the name was
> registered under a pen name I once used as a writer.  I imagined the great
> difficulty I would have proving I owned the domain just to get the contact
> info changed.
> So I thought I would just let the domain record expire and then register it
> again with someone else. In fact, I had just done this with a domain at
> another registrar last month and it worked great. But as many have already
> learned, NSI has other plans for expired domains.
>
> I had been monitoring my whois record, waiting for it to come up empty, but
> that never happened.  But one day my mail server address would not resolve.
> I figured that was my cue to go renew domain but my new registrar said the
> domain was not available.  Apparently, NSI still had not released the domain,
> although it was no longer working.
>
> I called up NSI to find out when the domain would be released and after 10
> minutes of trying to get the non-english speaking rep to spell my 4-letter
> domain corectly, I suddenly felt like I was getting a big runaround.  The rep
> told me they would not delete the name until required by ICANN policy.  I
> asked how long that was and they said they didn't know.  "So how do you know
> when to delete it?" I asked.  He said they delete it according to ICANN
> policy. Arghh!
>
> I thought about doing a transfer to another registrar, but was told I could
> not do so without first renewing with them.  I asked for a supervisor who
> fortunately spoke English better and was told it could take up to 60 days for
> the name to be released. In the meantime, I would not be allowed to change
> any contact information or transfer the domain nor could I renew the domain
> with another registrar. The only way I can get my name back is to either
> renew with them or wait an "indefinite" time period for the record to be
> deleted.  They told me this was all according to their service agreement.
>
> I signed a 2-year agreement with NSI for domain registration services when I
> originally registered the domain.  That time period is over and the contract
> expired. They are no longer providing me with their services and I am no
> longer bound to their agreement.  Yet they seem to be able to get away with
> preventing any competitors from renewing my domain for me. They now control
> my domain and the only way for me to get it back is to pay them (and only
> them).
>
> In reading comments at http://nsihorrorstories.com/index.shtml, I see my
> story is nothing unique. This is a clear demonstration of anticompetitive
> practices. Verisign obviously does not want others to take their business so
> rather than end the contract they say the domain is in "unpaid" status and
> use that as an excuse to keep other registrars from taking their business.
> Clearly something needs to be done about this.
>
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