Re: What does the NIC in InterNIC mean? "Network Incompetence Consortium"

[Derek Balling <dredd () megacity org>]

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At 11:03 AM 1/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
> Now come on, give these guys a break. You have to understand that they run
> one of the largest services on the internet, and arguably the most
> important. Yes, their billing procedures have been bad, registration is
> slow, its often difficult to get someone on the phone to solve a problem,
> etc. etc..
>
> But they have to run a service that services everyone on the internet,
> quite literally. Lycos is one of the largest companies on the web right now
> and our service is extremely large. Let me tell you, its not like we don't
> have disks fill, machines blow, modules in routers die, and on and on. In
> comparison, I know what I have to go though to make Lycos work, plus the
> efforts of hundreds of other employees. Combine that and you can't even
> compare it to what InterNIC handles. Every single domain lookup goes though
> root servers that they keep master ns records for. EVERY ONE!
>
> Its easy for us to sit around and say that they suck, they stink, and they
> are incompetent. Its because they are so important that their mistakes are
> so noticeable. Think about running your service, you know that stuff
> happens regardless of how redundant you attempt to make it. As a whole, I
> think their service runs pretty damn well for the most part. Their
> accounting and billing departments I can't say the same for, but that's not
> the issue.
>
> And lets not forget that they had to pioneer the whole thing. Its not like
> they had a business model of another company to compare to when they
> started up.
>
> So have a little respect for them and don't whine about how much they suck
> in the list unless its going to be productive, please.
>
> later-
>
> Devin Anderson
> Network Engineer
> Lycos, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
> John Fraizer <John.Fraizer () EnterZone Net> on 01/16/99 08:15:59 AM
>
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> Subject:  Re: What does the NIC in InterNIC mean? "Network Incompetence
>      Consortium"
>
>
>
>
> I would like to thank the anonymous party who sent the email below.  It
> confirms the rumors I had heard related to the cause of the latest InterNIC
> SNAFU.
>
> > Subject: What does the NIC in InterNIC mean? "Network Incompetence
> Consortium" (fwd)
> > To: John.Fraizer () EnterZone Net
> >
> >
> > The service from InterNIC has been really poor for the last couple of
> > weeks, and they finally admitted what the problem is, but only to their
> > Premier Partners, and only after making up lots of other stories to cover
> > it up first.
> >
> > Please keep me anonymous, don't use my name.
> >
> > InterNIC admitted that they are being massively flooded by domain
> > speculators trying to register domains that are On Hold.  It's happened
> > before, but this time it's far and away worse than ever before.  They said
> > they expect to have it resolved in a few days, which I believe means that
> > they're seeking legal injunctions against one or more offenders.  From
> what
> > I've heard, these speculators are sending registration templates for
> > hundreds of domains every second, going far beyond their capacity.
>
>
> It seems that the Network Solutions/The InterNIC is following the lead of
> the politicians.  Lie about it until you're caught and then refuse to talk
> about it.
>
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