.ca dn registration - any recommendations for inexpensive registration?

[dave morton]

i have used easydns.com for the past 30 months. a ca reg is $39.
they are on dufferin avenue in toronto, and give great service. their dns 
system has never let me down, very fast refreshes
dave


>From: Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org>
>Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: .ca dn registration - any recommendations for 
>inexpensive registration?
>Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:59:29 -0500
>
>PW Armstrong wrote:
>
>>can anyone recommend an inexpensive registrar for .ca dn's?
>
>My first answer is "none of the above" (see below).
>
>If you really want one, I can vouch for Starnix which is an agent/reseller 
>for OpenSRS. They're probably not cheapest but the service can't be beat.
>
>>btb, why is it more expensive (so it seems to me) to register a .ca dn 
>>than a .com dn?  any reason for this, or just lack of competition?
>
>I have no idea why, considering CIRA doesn't really do much. The 
>registration heavy lifting is done by the registrars, and dispute 
>resolution is subbed off to third parties. That means that it costs more 
>than $1,200 to get a squatter off of a domain you should own, so if the 
>squatter wants less than that amount it's cheaper to pay the extortion than 
>to get fairness. Anything more than a trivial change in your domain info 
>requires identity verification, the complexity of which reminds one of 
>passport applications.
>
>I'm involved with two separate issues with CIRA, in both cases all I 
>encounter is slowness and bureaucracy. I can't even get anyone to sign a 
>human name to an email.
>
>Yeah, being a monopoly probably has a lot to do with it, which is why many 
>Canadians wanting domains (just about anyone I know) will prefer 
>.com/.org/.net if possible.
>
>- Evan
>
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