My ISP offers a free Domain Name, which I took up, and once I had found and signed up to a hosting site, they informed me that "With a free .net domain your only allowed to link it to a free or paying hosting... We can't update the names servers as requested."
Is this legal? Can I 'force it'? There's not a lot of money involved here, but it seems to me that the principle is wrong - whether a Domain Name is offered free or not, I feel that you should be able to use it as you wish.
Your thoughts, folks?
Thanks,
John.
Is this legal?
I dunno if it is or not. But what do you expect for free?
but it seems to me that the principle is wrong - whether a Domain Name is offered free or not, I feel that you should be able to use it as you wish.
And whose "principle" are you basing it on?
Nowadays it's not a matter of what's "right" and/or "wrong", or whatever you want to call it. It's a matter of: a) knowing what you're getting into, and b) agreeing to the terms set.
If you didn't read your ISP's fine prints re: domain names, then you've learned a hard lesson the hard way. And there's no "law" stating what resellers for actual registrars can and can't do.
If the ISP can't offer that, then look for another option. But depending on the circumstances involved (and some of us have ideas how this will turn out), it's going to be potentially tougher than expected.
How one feels about it depends on what side of the fence s/he's in. It's easy to feel what you stated above, but have you considered what it's like being on the other side?
And can a registrar refuse to modify a nameserver? The answer is yes...
...but under "special" circumstances.
