[plug] [OT] domain name registration

[senectus]

Its mostly because of one guy.. I forget his name.. but he pretty much held
sway over everything blah.au 
I've heard that about a year ago he released his control to Melbourne IT I
don't think that's much of a step up.. I've delt with them before and they
were REALLY painful to deal with.. I seem to remember then getting involved
with scam snail mail saying "your domain name (that was registered with some
other company) will run out soon, you had better re register with us"

Devious but not illegal..

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On
Behalf Of Bennett, Phillip
Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 3:21 PM
To: 'plug at plug.linux.org.au'
Subject: RE: [plug] [OT] domain name registration

Quoting senectus <senectuskal at hotmail.com>: 
>> What really bugs me is that its MUCH harder to obtain a second level
domain 
>> than it is to get a first level domain.. 
>> Ie: 
>> I needed nothing more than a Credit Card to register a .net but to get a 
>> net.au I need shit loads of ID and business proof etc etc.. 

>Damn right !  I expect it to be as easy to register .com.au as it is to 
>register .com. Not going to happen of course :-( 

>Hooker 

Isn't this so we don't have the same domain squatting problems as the US?
So that people don't abuse it quite as much? 

I may be wrong, it's just what I have been told... 

Phil.