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Slightly off topic.

I'm waiting for one of my URL's to become free after letting it expire, but
it's been 80 days and it still says
*** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***It ran out on october 5th.It is
usual to have to wait this long. I want to move it to a cheaper company and
have control over it.Thanks.



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F9 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Slightly off topic.
>
> I'm waiting for one of my URL's to become free after letting it expire,

I guess you mean domain name registration.

> but it's been 80 days and it still says
> *** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***It ran out on october 5th.

> It is usual to have to wait this long.

No it's not. :-)

> I want to move it to a cheaper company and have control over it.

I don't blame you - the current host seems pretty crap. What's the
domain?

On 23 Dec 2006, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <458c32a6$0$15459$(E-Mail Removed)>
>F9 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> but it's been 80 days and it still says
>> *** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***It ran out on october 5th.
>
>> It is usual to have to wait this long.
>
>No it's not. :-)

I've seen domains in a suspended state many months after renewal was due.

I don't know if Nominet has changed their handling. One of the things
I think they wanted to avoid was a fixed period (eg 90 days) because
it allowed 'grab the domain' services to have a better chance of a
registration, rather than any domain name being available to anyone
on a first-come, first-served basis. The 'grabbit' firms would use a
database and scripts to automate their attempts at registering domains
so "Joe Public" would be at a disadvantage.


>> I want to move it to a cheaper company and have control over it.

>I don't blame you - the current host seems pretty crap.

If it is a domain registration, what does the "current host" have to do
with it. If the firm failed to renew when they had been paid, that's a
different matter entirely. If the OP decided that to go elsewhere it
was easier to (a) not renew, and (b) not pay any transfer-out fees,
that's yet another possible situation, but doesn't necessarily mean
the hosting service is below par.

>What's the domain?

If it's suspended, and therefore open to anyone to register when it finally
"drops off" the Nominet system, it would seem silly to disclose the name.
One of my clients was after a specific domain name. I made enquiries,
and the then-registrant wanted several thousand pounds, a level my
client was unwilling to pay. Eventually it went unrenewed and
was therefore available to register for under a tenner...

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"NoNeedToKnow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 23 Dec 2006, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>In article <458c32a6$0$15459$(E-Mail Removed)>
>>F9 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>> but it's been 80 days and it still says
>>> *** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***It ran out on october 5th.
>>
>>> It is usual to have to wait this long.
>>
>>No it's not. :-)
>
> I've seen domains in a suspended state many months after renewal was due.
>
> I don't know if Nominet has changed their handling. One of the things
> I think they wanted to avoid was a fixed period (eg 90 days) because
> it allowed 'grab the domain' services to have a better chance of a
> registration, rather than any domain name being available to anyone
> on a first-come, first-served basis. The 'grabbit' firms would use a
> database and scripts to automate their attempts at registering domains
> so "Joe Public" would be at a disadvantage.
>
>
>>> I want to move it to a cheaper company and have control over it.
>
>>I don't blame you - the current host seems pretty crap.
>
> If it is a domain registration, what does the "current host" have to do
> with it. If the firm failed to renew when they had been paid, that's a
> different matter entirely. If the OP decided that to go elsewhere it
> was easier to (a) not renew, and (b) not pay any transfer-out fees,
> that's yet another possible situation, but doesn't necessarily mean
> the hosting service is below par.
>
>>What's the domain?
>
> If it's suspended, and therefore open to anyone to register when it
> finally
> "drops off" the Nominet system, it would seem silly to disclose the name.
> One of my clients was after a specific domain name. I made enquiries,
> and the then-registrant wanted several thousand pounds, a level my
> client was unwilling to pay. Eventually it went unrenewed and
> was therefore available to register for under a tenner...
>

Thanks for advice, domain will soon be 90 days suspended.

I didn't make it clear. The domain was registered as part of the hosting
package. I now have my own cheaper hosting elsewhere and wanted to move the
name, but the original company failed to send an email to tell me it was
running out, so I didn't know it was due.



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