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<VOICE="ANNOUNCER">This message has been brought to you by Network Solutions - The Dot Com People! </VOICE> At 11:03 AM 1/16/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Now come on, give these guys a break. You have to understand that they run >one of the largest services on the internet, and arguably the most >important. Yes, their billing procedures have been bad, registration is >slow, its often difficult to get someone on the phone to solve a problem, >etc. etc.. > >But they have to run a service that services everyone on the internet, >quite literally. Lycos is one of the largest companies on the web right now >and our service is extremely large. Let me tell you, its not like we don't >have disks fill, machines blow, modules in routers die, and on and on. In >comparison, I know what I have to go though to make Lycos work, plus the >efforts of hundreds of other employees. Combine that and you can't even >compare it to what InterNIC handles. Every single domain lookup goes though >root servers that they keep master ns records for. EVERY ONE! > >Its easy for us to sit around and say that they suck, they stink, and they >are incompetent. Its because they are so important that their mistakes are >so noticeable. Think about running your service, you know that stuff >happens regardless of how redundant you attempt to make it. As a whole, I >think their service runs pretty damn well for the most part. Their >accounting and billing departments I can't say the same for, but that's not >the issue. > >And lets not forget that they had to pioneer the whole thing. Its not like >they had a business model of another company to compare to when they >started up. > >So have a little respect for them and don't whine about how much they suck >in the list unless its going to be productive, please. > >later- > >Devin Anderson >Network Engineer >Lycos, Inc. > > > > > >John Fraizer <[email protected]> on 01/16/99 08:15:59 AM > >To: [email protected] >cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] (bcc: Devin Anderson/Lycos) >Subject: Re: What does the NIC in InterNIC mean? "Network Incompetence > Consortium" > > > > >I would like to thank the anonymous party who sent the email below. It >confirms the rumors I had heard related to the cause of the latest InterNIC >SNAFU. > >>Subject: What does the NIC in InterNIC mean? "Network Incompetence >Consortium" (fwd) >>To: [email protected] >> >> >>The service from InterNIC has been really poor for the last couple of >>weeks, and they finally admitted what the problem is, but only to their >>Premier Partners, and only after making up lots of other stories to cover >>it up first. >> >>Please keep me anonymous, don't use my name. >> >>InterNIC admitted that they are being massively flooded by domain >>speculators trying to register domains that are On Hold. It's happened >>before, but this time it's far and away worse than ever before. They said >>they expect to have it resolved in a few days, which I believe means that >>they're seeking legal injunctions against one or more offenders. From >what >>I've heard, these speculators are sending registration templates for >>hundreds of domains every second, going far beyond their capacity. > > >It seems that the Network Solutions/The InterNIC is following the lead of >the politicians. Lie about it until you're caught and then refuse to talk >about it. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >ML.ORG is gone. Check out http://www.EZ-IP.Net - It's *FREE* >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Get your *FREE* Parked Domain account at http://www.EZ-Hosting.Com >------------------------------------------------------------------ >John Fraizer | __ _ | >The System Administrator | / / (_)__ __ ____ __ | The choice >mailto:[email protected] | / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / | of a GNU >http://www.EnterZone.Net/ | /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ | Generation >PGP Key fingerprint = 7DB6 1CA2 DAA6 43DA 3AAF 44CD 258C 3D7E B425 81A8 > > > > >
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