Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 00:13 GMT
The new improved service takes 30seconds to load, doesn't work with Opera, doesn't use the arrow keys to scroll down a message and includes ads on the paid for service = obviously one of those new uses of the word 'improved' I wasn't previously aware of1
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 01:46 GMT
But I just wanted an opportunity to (mis)use this icon...
I remember the unhappy days when my company email relied on BT, so I have much sympathy with these people.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 07:26 GMT
service who's only claim to *fame* is their domain name and long time on the WWW ?
there are still suckers paying $35 per year for domains from these people ?
it's the internet dammit .. there's this thing called a search engine .. the most popular is www.google.com .. *might* want to try searching for "domain registration" or "web hosting" or maybe even "email services"
there *might* be a couple of companies NOT stuck in 1995 like Register.com and Network Solutions that give better service, better options for less $$ .. check it out !
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 08:53 GMT
The purported inexpensive savior of the small business that allows the agile little guys to compete looks more and more to me like it is passing buzz phase and moved on to the trough of disillusionment. The expense and control of in house solutions is worth another look to would be customers. I have been reading a number of good articles here lately (eg. Google App Engine FAIL) The vendors could not have had better timing for the Reg Event.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 09:04 GMT
I remember having to deal with the fall-out of a client or mine who had a .co.uk domain registered with them. I wanted to move it away, register.com wouldn't let me, so I was about to cave in and renew ($90 for 2 years!!!) before transferring away. They wouldn't even let me renew the domain before its expiry date. In the end we got NominetUK to change the tag for a small fee.
Anyone who deals with them deserves what they get.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 09:06 GMT
I lost a web hosting business back in 2001 because they couldn't change the ip of my name servers despite repeated calls. After everything went dead and all of my customers left I transferred to directnic.com whose website had a simple interface to change the name server ips. Saved money too.
Register.com has always been overpriced and under delivering and I'm shocked they are still in business.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 10:02 GMT
load of con artists. Try moving a domain name from them to any other Registrar, they will deliberately make it as awkward as possible , making you telephone number even if you live in Foreign Country ,and they then take 1.2 hour reply to phone calls. NEVER EVER use Register.com they are crap.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 12:03 GMT
Well at least The Register is actually reporting this, unlike the time recently when Register.com was under a DoS attack thus causing all our websites, and many others, to be down for hours on end. Thankfully the Inquirer reported on that one.
Posted Tuesday 7th July 2009 13:56 GMT
I just migrated one customer away from register.com because of this exact problem. I have one or two more that will be migrating away as well.
Posted Wednesday 8th July 2009 00:03 GMT
I know, I a mgoing to get hammered, but to me it seems, that not too many people are hard hit!
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to justify their actions, but when I look at the number of complaints, they don't seem, to be that many!!!!
I am using them myself, and can honestly say, that I so so far have not had any big issues!
only one, a few years ago, when I couldn't login for about two hours.
They are by no means the cheapest, but they don't seem to strike as ones, where I need to worry about them still being around in two months time....
ZimboKraut
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