No more bigbrotherfanclub.com?
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The ClubHouse: General Discussion Archives: Archive Two: No more bigbrotherfanclub.com?

Cmc209

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I usually get to the site by going to www.bigbrotherfanclub.com, which re-directs to the regular site. I noticed today it has the generic "under construction" from network solutions. Is this link no longer valid? Did you sell it?

Ryn

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dunno whats up - I have an e-mail sent off to the Admin. Thanks for the heads-up.

Ryn

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just a quick FYI - the site is still registered to Neil (the owner/admin).

Maybe Network Solutions (the folks that re-direct) are having problems.

Ryn

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Neil replied and its the people that host (and forward all requests for the page) that are having the problem.

So its not a Bomis thing, its a "Network Solutions" thing. And Neil is not happy about it either ;)

Cmc209

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was working, but I just noticed that it's doing it again... just thought I'd let you know again.

Thanks!

:-)

Ark

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 01:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just got the following email

The Big Brother Fan Club has not been sold, don't worry!

You may have noticed that http://www.bigbrotherfanclub.com is not working. This is a technical issue that is being resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please try http://www.tvclubhouse.com instead.

ALWAYS REMEMBER, if you cannot access The TV ClubHouse for any reason, you will find updates and information at the MIRROR SITE:

http://www.enbcom.com/tvclubhouse

Thanks for your patience and hope you're enjoying the club!

Sincerely,
TVCH Managment

Ryn

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah - the folks at Verisign ( http://www.netsol.com ) are being as unhelpful as possible in resolving this.

Last update I got was 24-48 hours... not the kind of response time you want for an domain name, especially when its THEIR fault.

grrrrrr ;)

Earthmother

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 02:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ark, I got the same e-mail. I'm sure everyone will get one who is registered.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryn this probably should go in the tech thread but I think you'll see it here so feel to read and nuke. Part of what I do for my clients is making websites. I HATE Verisign. I would strongly suggest registering with GoDaddy. They are silly cheap, totally reliable, and ICANN approved. If they don't offer what you want for services, the other provider I use is PowWeb. Again, silly cheap and in a few years I've only had one site go down for about 2 days...that was the biggest problem and it was when they changed servers. Unlike Verisign they don't sell your info, harass you or scam you. I find both to be FAR more reliable. You could check them out by just adding .com to their names.

Feel free to email me if you want more details or experiences I've had on either. Now feel free to nuke this :)

Bohawkins

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't blame Verisign. Someone obviously let the name expire, and it was just renewed. In fact you can thank Verisign for reserving the name for you and not releasing it for someone else to snap up. It appears that you may have had a hosting account for the name with Verisign (worldnic.com) which may be expired. The nameservers you are currently pointed to are the Verisign Worldnic servers ( NS75.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.215). The underconstruction page is shown because no other nameservers are specified for the domain, and no customized index.htm has been uploaded for your default versign location. (Bomis.com points to NS.ABOVE.NET 207.126.96.162) If you continue use the page hosted on the Verisign servers, then all you need to do is to create an index.htm page with an appropriate meta tag to forward anyone to your appropriate bomis pages.

I have found the Verisign (Netsol) people to be very responsive, you can reach them on the phone quite easily 24 hours a day.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bo, you MUST work for Verisign :) I have found them to be the worst out there personally. They sell your name, they kill you with popups and they are completely non-responsive. If they gave me a free site I would still pay to use the servers I mentioned. Not much I would turn down free, but they wouldn't be worth it even at that price.

Crossfire

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been using verisign/nsi since about 94. It costs more, and they ARE annoying in many ways, but you get what you pay for in my mind.

I don't care what anyone says, but of all the hosting companies and registrars, they are the most likely to still actually be alive come renewal time.

Sounds like Bo nailed the situation as well. Been there, done that. Had the billing address on a corporate domain sent to the financial controller, who thought it was spam, and he let it rot in a pile of mail unread. Idiot.

Having said that, it would be nice if they would make a larger effort to contact people before they kill a domain.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't disagree with most of what you said Crossfire with one BIG exception...you get what you pay for. I have used both ends and I have gotten significantly better service with the cheap, small guys then I have from Verisign. The ONLY way I would ever use them again is as a secure provider to process credit card transactions. They still have that market cornered. But for a host or provider? NO WAY.

I've not only saved my clients a lot of money (which makes them happier to give it to me), but I've gotten much better customer service, tech service and quality service while paying MUCH less. Win, win situation if you ask me.

Cross bet if you tried my guys you would NEVER look back :)

Crossfire

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 05:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never turn down a good recommendation, I'll look into it.

Also, I would not use them for hosting either. So we meet in the middle. :)

Ryn

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Neil was paid up......

They somehow switched him from 'forwarding' to 'one page' options, thus the "under construction" - then they would not let him have access to the one page to post a note - would only tell them they had a ticket on it and expect it to be fixed in 24-48 hours.

its working now (within the last hour actually) so the 24 hours was the closer amount.

But this was THEIR fault, not Neil's ;)

And welcome back to any of you that thought we were gone - you can always reach the site via

http://www.tvclubhouse.com or check in at the 'mirror' site at http://www.enbcom.com/tvclubhouse

:)

Twiggyish

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bo, I can't stand Netsol (Verisign). I currently have several accounts with them and DREAD having to make any changes to them.

Lurk, I also use another company for registration.