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<DIV>Well this hits it on the head. Network Solutions, prior to competition,
WAS</DIV>
<DIV>the bottom of the barrel as far as service goes. At the least, they
were</DIV>
<DIV>forced to improve to compete. So the competition was indeed
healthy.</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, some are bad, but overall its FAR better than pre
competition.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ray Weber</DIV>
<DIV>SNEWISP llc</DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 30, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:<BR><BR>>>
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arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net</A> [mailto:<A
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arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net</A>]<BR>> On<BR>>> Behalf Of Howard, W.
Lee<BR>>> It is my humble opinion that domain name registrars suck.
The<BR>>> best of them provides lousy service and near-useless
WHOIS.<BR>>> Competition has ruined registry services by starting a
race to<BR>>> the bottom in price and service.<BR>>><BR>><BR>
> Competition in the domain name registrar space has probably returned<BR>
> about US$ 5 billion in consumer surplus to domain name registrants
<BR>> over<BR>> the past 7 years. It's led to some problems but
also a massive<BR>> improvement in service levels and growth in the
industry. If you <BR>> wish to<BR>> hold up Network Solutions
Inc's pre-competition service levels as an<BR>> improvement over what
exists now I suspect that you keep that quiet.<BR>> People who had to
deal with them will either harm themselves via an<BR>> apoplectic
reaction or lose control and assault you. ;-)<BR>><BR>> Are we going
to start pining for the good old AT&T monopoly next?<BR><BR> </DIV>
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