On Mon, Jun 23, 2003, Kim Davies wrote:
>
> Furthermore it _belongs_ to the telco, it is just leased
> to you for the duration of the service. It is like IP
> addressing, not like domain names.

Arnt domains only licensed to the registrant for the duration of the service
only?
 
> I dont want to have to buy a web hosting service, or have to become a
> reseller/registrar, just to operate my own domain. Some kind of forced
> supply chain where you have to buy from an agent sucks IMHO.

There is nothing stopping you from buying from the registrar in the model
I proposed, the reseller is just there to offer the added services, like
clients I've delt with actually want, more bundled services and less 
companies to deal with.

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Regards,

Steven Ebsary