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Re: Network Solutions

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From: Geoff Gass
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:43
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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
>>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>
>>>>I'll give a negative to godaddy though, they're nearly as bad as NS, but
>>>>just not expensive.  go with namecheap or nearlyfreespeech
>
>>>I dunno what the hate is with godaddy, we've been using them for
>>>registration since 2001/02 and any problem that did crop up was usually
>>>handled with just one phone call to customer service.
>
>>generally, they're just as bad as NS about making it hard to cancel
>>services.  moreso on the hosting/dns side than domain registration.
>
> That hasn't been my experience at all. A service I no longer wanted got
> accidentally renewed. When I realize what had happened, I was able to
> cancel it retroactive to the end of the last period and the fee was
> immediately credited back to the credit card. After the fact, I noticed
> that I could have told the system to cancel the recurring charge at the
> end of the period I'd already paid for, which would have been fine.
>
> Where did you move your hosting to?

I never used them, just have seen tons of complaints elsewhere, though that
may be dated.  I see parsons has stepped down from day-to-day operations, so
maybe they're improving.
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From: Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com>
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Subject: Re: Network Solutions
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:43:52 +0000 (UTC)
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