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Subject:    [Systalk] Second "test bed" domain registrar goes to work
From:       William X. Walsh william () dso ! net
Date:       1999-06-30 23:37:41
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 02:13:03 +0200, Frank de Lange
<frank@rintintin.gv-itf.unisource.nl> wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:01:46PM -0400, Dustin Wright wrote:
>> who buys more then 100 domains at any givin time? like 100 over time or 100
>> at once? That is insain.
>
>Yes it is insane. But there are a lot of nutty people out there. Have a look at
>http://www.balding.com/corporate.htm or any of the other pages at this sleazy
>site. These morons have bought zillions of names, in the hope that some sucker
>comes along and buys one for more than it is worth (currently $35,- per year). 
>

Are you sure they "bought" them are not just registering them without
paying and then reregistering them when they are deleted?

A lot of speculators are doing this.



--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: william@dso.net  Fax:(209) 671-7934

"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear." 
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)

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