The latest nasty tactics from NSI
OK, speaking on basis of confidentiality. NSI issued a new Premier Partner contract and is pressuring everyone involved to sign, even months ahead of the expiration date of their previous contract. The three main objectionables for the new contract are 1) the partner is forbidden from saying anything "disparaging" about NSI or its services, and 2) the partner is forbidden from using any alternate registrar for more than 5% of its monthly registrations, and 3) the partner guarantees to NSI that the domain will be paid for, and if it's not, the partner has to pay the $6 registry fee, plus a $12.50 "processing fee". So partners are on the hook for how reliable their customers are, with a penalty fee no less. The contract itself includes a paragraph stating that the contents of the contract must remain confidential, but if you haven't signed the contract, I suppose that's not enforceable... Did I mention that NSI now sells the WHOIS records for new registrations as a subscription service? For example, every new domain registered at NSI registrar, which doesn't have the bulk optout option selected on the new template 6.0, will have its information sent to subscribers who pay $10,000 for the privilege. So expect to get telemarketed to promptly, by a company such as Verio. This is BAD.... Very BAD! Universal Rundle ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Universal Rundle wrote:
OK, speaking on basis of confidentiality.
Then WHY in $DEITY's name did you post to a public, archived mailing list?
The three main objectionables for the new contract are 1) the partner is forbidden from saying anything "disparaging" about NSI or its services,
That's typical of the arrogant fsckheads I've dealt with at NSI, some of whom are in upper-level management (hello, Mr. Holtzman). The only person I've dealt with with any decent clue level is Lauren Nowlin, and she's gone (and she wasn't in management either, if I recall correctly).
2) the partner is forbidden from using any alternate registrar for more than 5% of its monthly registrations, and 3) the partner guarantees to NSI that the domain will be paid for, and if it's not, the partner has to pay the $6 registry fee, plus a $12.50 "processing fee". So partners are on the hook for how reliable their customers are, with a penalty fee no less.
So use someone else. I don't see what the issue is here. -- North Shore Technologies, Cleveland, OH http://NorthShoreTechnologies.net sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net - 888.480.4NET - 216.619.2NET "Never attribute to malice events more properly attributed to corporate greed." --Me, March 28th, 2000
At 02:21 PM 4/15/00 EDT, you wrote:
NSI issued a new Premier Partner contract and is pressuring everyone involved to sign, even months ahead of the expiration date of their previous contract.
They are also now sending registrants who don't pay for domains to a collection agency. Since they're still killing domains for non-pay and re-registering the names, this seems pretty wrong.... "Microsoft is not a monopoly!" - Bill Gates "HA!" - Judge Jackson Dean Robb Owner, PC-EASY (757) 495-EASY [3279] On-site computer services Member, ICANN @Large
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