[WEB4LIB] neustar.us and lib.ny.us

[Dan Lester]

I agree that stuff like this shouldn't happen.  However, between the
greater visibility of .org or similar TLD designations and the low
cost of such registration, it would seem preferable for you to just
bite the bullet and make the change.  Personally, I'd choose one of
the registrars that has been around a while, even if you can save a few
bucks a year from one of the new guys.  I say this based on personal
experience with both types.  With a new registrar I faced many of the
same types of problems that you describe.  Your time, and mine, are
worth much more than an extra ten or 35 bucks a year, even for a poor
and underfunded library.

cheers

dan

Friday, November 8, 2002, 9:33:29 AM, you wrote:

JK>  Is the lib.ny.us, or perhaps I should say lib.xx.us where xx is the
JK> state, going to stay around for a while. Even when I first registered,
JK> there were critics pointing out that a commercial company was most
JK> likely to encourage institutions to register as an org, instead of
JK> promoting a permanet domain available for ree. What is the current
JK> state of though on this? What recourse/actions can I take to
JK> straigthen out a problem if I can't work it out with neustar?
JK> Shouldn't a domain scheme, like the .us be managed say by the
JK> government or at least, if contracted out, require promotion of the
JK> "technically correct" domain by the eligible institutions?




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