More .us Domain Problems?

possible asks: "My .us domain registrations supposedly went through on April 27th 2002. However, even though register.com's .us FAQ states that you can use their Domain Manager to edit addresses, aliases, MX records, and SOA's for your .us domain, I have not been able to do ANYTHING yet. When I called their technical support on May 1st, they basically said "This is Neustar's fault, in the meantime we have to do everything manually." So I had them set up my MX and name records over the phone. 6 days later, I'm still unable to resolve my domains. Today I called register.com again they told me 'Somehow your zone file got corrupted, you have to realize that .us domains are a new thing and it's not going smoothly for many people.' Some of my friends are having similar .us problems with different registrars. Is anyone else having problems with their .us domains? Does anyone know what the underlying problem is?"

Comments

.us Zone Configuration

[saveth]

Shouldn't configuring zones for .us domains be as simple as cloning the methods for configuring other zones and doing a giant `s/.com/.us/g`? I suspect there are other changes also involved in the process, but I'm sure they are trivial.

What is Neustar's problem?

Sounds like this whole thing has been a fiasco

[Disevidence]

First there was the problem with neustar not putting aside some domain names for public use, and now this crap. Its all to do with the dollar sign being flashed first and service coming a distance second. The .us domain has been around for a while AFAIK. Its just that these compaines are new to handling it. Their incompetence, nothing to do with it being new.

But what can we expect on the domain-registering front nowadays? Look at verisign and bulkregister. Instead of spending money upgrading quality and customer service, they're going to use it to run sleazy campaigns and sue the living daylights out of each other.

Its got to go back to the non-profit organization model. This sorta stuff really stinks.