Actually, there was a huge stink about the Verisign ad. However, it was at about the time there was a HUGE stink here, about off-topic postings. Guess what got lost? As for as the rest of NSI screw-ups, go to one of the InterNIC lists. A number of us keep telling NSI that the vampire-shift janitorial staff are NOT system admins. They don't listen. The point is that I would charge most of the last years FUBARs off to incompetance, rather than Machiavellian mechanations. To do otherwise gives way more credit than is deserved.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of John Fraizer Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:35 PM To: Lauren.Nowlin@Level3.com; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Contact handles disappearing mysteriously from the whois database!
At 01:45 PM 4/27/99 -0600, Lauren.Nowlin@Level3.com wrote:
I'm sure you have no idea what Mark went through to be allowed to post on NANOG. Don't further frustrate the messenger... He likely already has internal bruises for his efforts and doesn't deserve an extra dose of sarcasm.
-Ren
Oh -- We know. It is obviously NSI policy to keep their CUSTOMERS in the dark about operational issues with a service for which we are paying $35/yr per domain. Just like it is their policy to omit information from information posted on their web site regarding financial information citing "proprietary information" although this information is available via FOIA.
We appreciate the fact that Mark may be black-and-blue for weeks as a result of his post to NANOG. We do NOT appreciate the cloak-and-dagger tactics for which NSI is now world renowned. Lose a record here, arbitrarily delete a domain here, remove telephone contact information from the web site, redirect internic.net to networksolutions.com and delete/move/modify/FUBAR the information/templates/forms that have been in the same location for YEARS citing "Improvements" as a reason -- ALL without consulting the public OR the Government before doing so. I could give a rats ass about how pretty their site is. Their cutesy little graphics are a waste of bandwidth. Speaking of which, I'm surprised that there wasn't any stink about them providing ad space to VeriSign on the old internic.net site. I want reliable -- dependable -- FAMILIAR service. You would think these people had J. Edgar Hoover at the wheel.
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