[BlueOnyx:04459] Re: DNS does not propagate - SOLVED

[Stephanie Sullivan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-
> bounces at blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:28 AM
> To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:04457] Re: DNS does not propagate - SOLVED
> 
> Arthur Sherman wrote:
> > The problem indeed was at registrar level.
> >
> > Thank you a lot, all you guys, your help is precious!
> >
> > this brings another question: which Registrars you believe are
> best?
> 
> This is likely to bring about a lot of opinions.
> 
> We have tried many.  I won't go back to anything remotely associated
> with the words "go" or "daddy".
> 
> We've wound up consolidating all of our domain operations to Tucows
> and
> the OpenSRS system.   I like them for a few reasons.  One is that
> they
> have been very responsive to our requests and feedback.  We're far
> from
> the largest Tucows reseller, but they do take us seriously and that
> means something to me.   Another reason I really like them is their
> no-nonsense interface and customer-facing interfaces.  We can give
> customers either a non-branded OpenSRS login or a branded
> "storefront"
> login and they're never being solicited for other services by the
> registrar.
> 
> Contrast that with many of the retail registrars who will also try
> and
> hook you for hosting or VPS or any number of other services that you
> also sell.  Tucows OTOH is happy to sit in the background,
> anonymously.
> 
> Their prices are not necessarily "the lowest" but they are very low.
> In
> addition, they will, from time to time, team up with the various
> registries on promotions.  For instance, there was a time a few
> months
> ago when .info domains were going for virtually nothing.   While
> other
> registrars will still charge you full price, Tucows will pass along
> the
> promotion to you.
> 
> We've been very pleased.
> 
> If anybody is interested, I'd be happy to pass along our human
> contact
> there for a direct introduction.
> 
> --
> Chris Gebhardt
> VIRTBIZ Internet Services
> Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated
> www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ

Yeah, what Chris said. After a disappointing experience with enom relating
to a transfer, I feel it's worth mentioning that openSRS has been, in my
experience, the most ethical of the resellers I've had experience with.

	Thanks,
		-Stephanie