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system:registrars [2025-01-15T19:58:23UTC] – +RFC 7344 michael_paolisystem:registrars [2025-05-06T17:12:39UTC] (current) – 2025-04-24 web.com rebranding michael_paoli
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   * They also tend to push lots of announcing clueless offers.  Got [[https://www.sf-lug.org/|sf-lug.org]]?  How 'bout buy up all these sf-tote.someTLD and sftote.someTLD domains, I mean tote is like lug (as in sf-lug for San Francisco Linux Users' Group), right?  Ugh.   * They also tend to push lots of announcing clueless offers.  Got [[https://www.sf-lug.org/|sf-lug.org]]?  How 'bout buy up all these sf-tote.someTLD and sftote.someTLD domains, I mean tote is like lug (as in sf-lug for San Francisco Linux Users' Group), right?  Ugh.
   * 1997-07-17 they majorly screwed up Internet DNS for com. and net. TLDs, effectively knocking them off The Internet for many/most folks for many many hours.  See reports, e.g.: [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/071797dns.html|The New York Times: Human Error Cripples the Internet]], [[https://groups.google.com/g/comp.protocols.dns.bind/c/rDunynim12U/m/FedJdyxt484J?pli=1|USENET (as seen on Google Groups)]]   * 1997-07-17 they majorly screwed up Internet DNS for com. and net. TLDs, effectively knocking them off The Internet for many/most folks for many many hours.  See reports, e.g.: [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/071797dns.html|The New York Times: Human Error Cripples the Internet]], [[https://groups.google.com/g/comp.protocols.dns.bind/c/rDunynim12U/m/FedJdyxt484J?pli=1|USENET (as seen on Google Groups)]]
 +  * 2025-04-24 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web.com|On April 24, 2025, Web.com announced its merger with Network Solutions, adopting the latter's brand name. This move is part of Newfold Digital's strategy to consolidate its brands, including merging iPage, HostMonster, and FatCow into Bluehost, its primary web hosting brand.]]
  
 So, yeah, general experience with NetworkSolutions.com / Web.com has So, yeah, general experience with NetworkSolutions.com / Web.com has
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