Quoting David Jones on Thursday August 17, 2006:
| > 
| > Your theory falls apart here. Queries for domain
| > social data
| > are restricted, queries for domain availability are
| > not. Use
| > whois-check.ausregistry.net.au:43 instead of the
| > regular host
| > and make your own drop-catcher.
| > 
| 
| Sorry Kim but the restriction limit is 20/hr per IP
| 
| quoting ausregistry
| 
| "Please note that there are restrictions in place on
| how many queries you can make. The query limit is 20
| per hour from the same IP address. If you need to use
| a facility to check for the availability of a Domain
| Name, you can use our Domain Availability tool."

Umm, reread the last sentence you just quoted.

kim