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Da_Big_G writes: "Newsbytes is carrying this story about how Verisign (owner of Network Solutions) is accusing other registrars (particularly register.com and Tucows/OpenSRS) of impropriety in transferring domains. This is in response to those registrar's complaints over Verisign's new transfer procedure which makes it nearly impossible to transfer a domain away from NetSlo." sally_tor supplied more URLs: Verisign's complaint letter, and a draft response in the making. So let's get this straight: Verisign charges 5 times more than other registrars do, provides much worse service (for instance, my preferred domain registrar provides DNS service, email redirection, prompt web-based changes - all for $12/year), is now interfering with transfers by requiring additional "confirmations" via a system that doesn't accept those confirmations, holds onto domain names after they expire so that it can a) sell the names themselves for inflated prices and b) sell the service of watching for the names to expire, and they have the gall to complain that people are leaving them for other registrars!