[ale] GoDaddy – Re: Domain Registrar

[David Tomaschik]

On 01/22/2011 08:52 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Points to the man who called me for at least knowing that it's
> perfectly okay to say "I don't know," but by this point I see no
> hope.  Here's where I stand at the moment:
>
>     * GoDaddy does not support IPv6 glue in the .us TLD.
>     * GoDaddy does not seem to care that they should be supporting
>       IPv6 glue for all the TLDs they provide domain name sales for.
>     * GoDaddy doesn't seem to be clueful at all about what IPv6 is, or
>       why they should give a rat's ass about it.
>     * GoDaddy won't provide an estimate as to when I will be able to
>       add IPv6 glue.  "Could be 1 month, could be 6," exact quote.
>     * GoDaddy won't give its customers anything approaching service
>       until they threaten to leave.  Wish I could say that I'm shocked
>       or surprised or something, but that seems to be the norm across
>       all bloody businesses in this day and age.  No company seems to
>       care to keep their customers happy.  They just work to keep
>       their customers from being furious, that's all.  Two very
>       different things.
>     * At least gkg.net and gandi.net provide the service I want, but I
>       don't know if they provide IPv6 glue universally or just for
>       select domains.
>     * gandi.net appears to be more expensive than gkg.net.  But I like
>       their tag line, which is "no bullshit."  That said, I don't
>       believe their tagline.  I just think it's cool.
>
> So, that's where I stand.  That's where GoDaddy stands.
>
> I wish I could say that I had faith that out there, somewhere, is a
> business that knows what it is doing and takes pride in the quality of
> its support.  But honestly, I can't even trust my own history with
> companies to provide insight as to the quality of their customer service.
>
> What a crazy, careless, fucked up world we live in.
>
> I withdraw my recommendation that anyone use GoDaddy.
>
>     — Mike 

Just as an FYI, dyndns.net also provides IPv6 glue.  They're currently
my top contender.  Not sure if they support it on .us though. 
http://www.sixxs.net/faq/dns/?faq=ipv6glue might be useful, but I'm not
sure they keep it current.

David
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