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100-Year Domain Renewals?

Posted by timothy on from the alien-invasion-insurance dept.

Ryosen writes "I received an email this morning from Network Solutions. Seems they are offering their current customers the ability to renew their domain names for 100 years. Is this is a realistic investment considering most companies don't last 100 years? Given that the Internet is a recent phenomenom, is it realistic to expect it to be the same in 100 years? Will Verisign be around that long? Does this make sense?"

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  1. If it makes sense to you... by DrInequality · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If it makes sense to you, I've got a piece of the moon for sale!

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  2. Some idiot will buy it... by jonesvery · · Score: 0, Redundant
    So basically what they're selling is "renew this domain automatically," except that you pay up front for *ahem* "100 years," at the *ahem* low, low discounted rate of $9.99 a year. Which is still more expensive than godaddy.com.

    Well, some idiot will probably buy it. (Obligitory MS bashing) Wasn't MS having a problem with forgetting to renew domains? :)

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  3. Re:well why not? by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Especially for MS, as they are always forgetting to renew their domain names ...

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