[Sussex] Domain registrar recomendations

[Jon Fautley]

On 18 Nov 2004, at 10:55, Gareth Ablett wrote:

>
>
>  From: Jon Fautley [mailto:jon at geekpeople.net]
>  Subject: Re: [Sussex] Domain registrar recomendations
>
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>> On 18 Nov 2004, at 09:50, Gareth Ablett wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>  From: Diego Moore [mailto:diego.moore at gmail.com]
>>>  Subject: [Sussex] Domain registrar recomendations
>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of grouping the many domains (20+) into one regsitrar,
>>>> most of which are with easily.co.uk
>>>>
>>>> I've used joker.com before and I really like their features, but 
>>>> they
>>>> dont do co.uk domains which is a big nono...
>>>>
>>>> I'm a bit of a power freak and would like advanced control over the
>>>> domains. I like the advanced options in the contol panel of 
>>>> joker.com
>>>> (anyone else used them?).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone got any recomendations? I'm just tired of sending faxes,
>>>> paying £10 for minor modifications and easily just does not cut it
>>>> anymore. But I'm also not inrerested in building and mantining my 
>>>> own
>>>> DNS server!
>>>
>>> Hi Diego,
>>>
>>> I'll use 123-reg.co.uk they have a good control panel with options to
>>> do almost anything and I believe its free at the moment to transfer
>>> domains into an account with them (I might be wrong I remember them
>>> mentioning it a while ago)
>>
>> But it's 123-reg... the same 123reg that's part of the HostEurope
>> group! HostEurope wouldnt' know a reliable internet service if it
>> slapped them in the face.
>>
>> As you can tell, I really don't like the HostEurope or any of their
>> 2bit companies they've spawned. Now pipex (once a good ISP) have
>> purchased them - they obviously didn't speak to the rest of the
>> internet community at large... it's akin to that simpsons episode 
>> where
>> Homer buys the 4x4... then everyone points out it's the crappy 
>> 'ladies'
>> version of the car, and everyone laughs at him, until he gets rid of 
>> it
>> to someone else (Marge - who then thankfully crashes it and it blows
>> up).
>>
>> 4x4 = HostEurope
>> Homer = Pipex
>> Marge = who knows, lets hope they crash and burn soon ;)
>>
>> Anyway, back to work :)
>>
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> Interesting you don't know the Simpsons is a cartoon right and not 
> real?

er, yes, but it's based on real life situations :P (ish)

> I'd agree host Europe are crap at hosting and I have been on the phone 
> to them before for hours getting them to sort a problem with a server.
>
> But I've used 123-reg for something like 4 or 5 years and not once had 
> a problem, the seem to have that part of the business sorted.
>

would you buy a car from a company where 90% of all models of car 
explode without warning? I think not... just because they can do one 
tiny bit of their business right doesn't mean they're a good company to 
be using.

and yes, for those of you who are whois'ing my geekpeople.net domain - 
I'm tagged with 123reg.. this is how I know not to use them :)

Jon