[thelist] .com Re-registration

[Hugh Blair]

NSI has been doing this for months, over a year.  I could point you to a domain
that 'expired' 18 months ago and yet is not available.  You might read through
the chaff of other issues and see some of the discussions about this at the
OpenSRS discussion list:

http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/index.shtml

Just search the archives and you'll find out more about this issue than you 
really wanted to know.  Good luck - and keep plugging.  "weird.com" was 
'expired' for almost 9 months before it was release earlier this year - and I
missed getting it by 1 day.  (Someone was running a script that checked every
hour, or so he told me.)

-Hugh

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of CDitty
> Subject: RE: [thelist] .com Re-registration
> 
> I think the waiting period is ridiculous.  The domain I want still has 
> nothing on it.  After 3 years of being registered, nothing.  Just a "coming 
> soon" on the page.   I don't want to email the guy and offer to buy it 
> because it is a good name and the guy will prob stick it to me.
> 
> Of course, NSI could be holding the domain to "auction" it off.  I remember 
> some article about that a few months ago.
> 
> Chris
> 
> At 08:54 PM 12/6/00 , you wrote:
> >Yes, a friend of mine went through a similar ordeal and hasn't had any luck
> >with NSol freeing up the domain.
> >
> >My question is then, how did companies like Adobe and Salon get their
> >domains registered by other parties when it had expired? Is this the reason
> >for the "waiting period" or did those people merely pop up at the right time
> >and request them?
> >
> >- amanda
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of CDitty
> > > Subject: Re: [thelist] .com Re-registration
> > >
> > > I had this happen on a site I wanted too.  After 2 months, it was finally
> > > renewed and they still own it.  It seems that NSI gives a little "extra"
> > > time just in case.
> > >
> > > Keep checking.  Maybe it'll be free one day soon.
> > >
> > > At 04:32 PM 12/6/00 , you wrote:
> > > >Hello Listees,
> > > >
> > > >A domain name registered with Network Solutions has the
> > > following entries on
> > > >the whois lookup:
> > > >
> > > >Record last updated on 09-Nov-1998.
> > > >    Record expires on 09-Nov-2000.
> > > >    Record created on 09-Nov-1998.
> > > >    Database last updated on 6-Dec-2000 15:14:57 EST.
> > > >
> > > >Now, to my eyes that means that the cybersquatter hasn't renewed
> > > the domain
> > > >name and yet it's not available, apparently.
> > > >
> > > >Am I missing something fundamental?
> > > >
> > > >TVM
> > > >
> > > >Richard