Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:51:52PM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > > Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: > > > I'm fed up with my ISP, theworld.com, and I'm ready to get my own > > > cracksandshards.com domain, as many people have suggested. I am open to > > > suggestions for good brokers or whatever the word is for the companies > > > you can go to for this, and also warnings for who to stay away from. > > Hosting and domain registry are separate activities; although many > > hosting companies will also register domains for you. > > No bad stories; most of the stuff I host I'm hosting myself on the DSL > > line. Which is moving towards being over-committed these days. > > I also do my own hosting. I can, however, recommend > DomainDiscover for domain names without reservations. They're > competent, they don't play legal games with the legal owners of > the domain names, they don't nag you constantly with spam. > However, they aren't the cheapest out there. gandi.net. 12 Euros a year for com/net/org, and I think they do some others now. No hand-holding, but again good email tech support. They aren't *quite* the cheapest out there. > An earlier poster recommended against doing your domains through > your web hosting company. I can't agree more, at least not > unless you are paying out the nose for a really good hosting > company where you are a significant client. Get your domains > yourself and point them where the hosting company says to. That > way, if you want to move, you can point them where the new > hosting company says without being held hostage by the old one. Dreamhost bundles one domain registration with the basic account, which makes it tempting. And they do register it in your name, limiting their ability to play games later. I've never actually transferred a domain away from them yet; and besides the most worrisome issue is if they go bankrupt and the *new* owner of their assets tries to play games. Having the domain properly registered in my name is the best protection against that, and they do it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b at dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera mailing lists: <dragaera.info/>