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Re: Dumping GoDaddy

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From: Cydrome Leader
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:09
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Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote:
> I have a couple of domains up for renewal on GoDaddy in February and 
> with all the BS surrounding SOPA, I decided to dump them.  Not having to 
> deal with DNS registrars very often, I'm not too versed on the good guys 
> and bad guys out there.  I'm leaning towards Gandi.net.  Others are 
> dnssimple or namecheap.  
> 
> I also have one with Network Solutions up in February and although 
> Network Solution never came out officially for SOPA, I think they have 
> language that excludes them from any nastiness which was much of the 
> reason why GoDaddy supported SOPA in the first place and still doesn't 
> not support SOPA.  Network Solutions may be laying low like a cat so as 
> not to rock the boat even though they tacitly support SOPA as written 
> because it benefits them.  The only reason I'm still with Network 
> Solutions is because every year I just say screw it and renew because 
> it's so much easier than dealing with the hassles of a transfer.  The 
> GoDaddy domains are so much cheaper I usually get multiple years with 
> them.

I never figured out who is not netsol and less sketchy than godaddy, and 
not as stupid as register.

Out of all three, I can renew over the phone with a person in the US with 
godaddy. I really don't have time for the convoluted website and capchas 
or HTML email.
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Subject: Re: Dumping GoDaddy
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:09:21 +0000 (UTC)
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