[OT a bit] Lower level domain names

I would like to register a domain name for my personal (non-commercial) use.
I would like it to be independent of any particular ISP. Since it is
personal I would like to include my family name. There will be thousands,
possibly orders of magnitude more, who share my name so I do not want
anything like a top level name - and probably couldn't get it if I tried.

How can I find possible domains from which I could hang a suitable
sub-domain. Well actually, from which some agency can set up a sib-domain
for me. I don't want to run any server from my own PC.


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Frank Stacey

"Frank Stacey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I would like to register a domain name for my personal (non-commercial)
>use. I would like it to be independent of any particular ISP. Since it is
>personal I would like to include my family name. There will be thousands,
>possibly orders of magnitude more, who share my name so I do not want
>anything like a top level name - and probably couldn't get it if I tried.
>
> How can I find possible domains from which I could hang a suitable
> sub-domain. Well actually, from which some agency can set up a sib-domain
> for me. I don't want to run any server from my own PC.
>
>
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> Frank Stacey
>

you mean like (E-Mail Removed) or similar?

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 09:40:43 UTC, "Frank Stacey"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I would like to register a domain name for my personal (non-commercial) use.
> I would like it to be independent of any particular ISP. Since it is
> personal I would like to include my family name. There will be thousands,
> possibly orders of magnitude more, who share my name so I do not want
> anything like a top level name - and probably couldn't get it if I tried.

stacey.cx is available at about 20 quid a year...!

> How can I find possible domains from which I could hang a suitable
> sub-domain. Well actually, from which some agency can set up a sib-domain
> for me. I don't want to run any server from my own PC.

Gradwell.com can handle the DNS issues, mail, etc.
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Frank Stacey wrote:
> I would like to register a domain name for my personal (non-
> commercial) use. I would like it to be independent of any particular
> ISP. Since it is personal I would like to include my family name.
> There will be thousands, possibly orders of magnitude more, who share
> my name so I do not want anything like a top level name - and
> probably couldn't get it if I tried.
>
> How can I find possible domains from which I could hang a suitable
> sub-domain. Well actually, from which some agency can set up a sib-
> domain for me. I don't want to run any server from my own PC.

Try http://www.freenetname.co.uk/ you can see if the domain you want is
available.
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Adrian A