Domain and hosting companies form alliance for Holidays

[SlowMove]

Believe it or not, I was just on Network Solutions site and purchased <snip>generic name</snip>. The name was available. I purchased it, printed out a receipt, everything. I thought the impossible just happened. Then I get an email that said: "we were unable to process your request", and that they will refund my credit card. Now I see that a company called Verio has their stuff on the site. Are these companies affiliated? Or was it just a legitimate mistake on their part? And there are thousands of links to the site.

[edited by: Lisa at 5:29 am (utc) on June 21, 2003]
[edit reason] Please no specifics domains [/edit]

[Porkchop]

This is how the 2 companies are described in this article below.

Herndon, Va., December 9, 1998 - Family members can easily stay in touch this holiday season thanks to a family Web site package presented by Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSOL) and Verio Inc. (NASDAQ: VRIO). Network Solutions, the pioneer of Web address services, has teamed with Verio, a leading provider of business Internet services and one of the largest domain-based Web hosting companies in the world, to bring family members together to share special occasions and exchange the latest news instantly via the Internet.