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To: Jerry Olson who wrote (24602)	3/23/1999 7:30:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

>>This one sweets...they're improving their business all the time...solid....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i might even buy it now<g>...<< Ah some excellent news for NSOL!!!!!!!!!!! Register.com Relaunches Registration Web Site; New and Improved User Interface Makes Domain Name Registration Even Easier NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--Register.com, register.com the largest single domain name registration service on the Internet, announced the re-launch of their web site today. The new and improved user interface (UI) for register.com makes registering a domain name even faster and easier than the previous version of the service. This facilitates the Company's move to become an accredited registrar under guidelines issued by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. "Customers love the new implementation of register.com," stated Richard Forman, CEO and President of register.com. "The site is lean and functional. It provides users with account management capabilities and allows for registrations across seventeen (17) top level domains, including .com, .net and .org. This new format will allow us to introduce new products and services to our customers while still maintaining the integrity of the previous site that made us the largest single domain name registrar on the Internet today." The new site offers several additional resources for the small and medium sized business market. One feature is a Business Resources section, which offers customers the chance to get Web site management tips, ranging from building, to hosting, to promoting their new site. Another feature soon to be implemented is web-based email utilizing USA.NET's services. Small and medium sized businesses will have the chance to get a professional email account as they are registering for a domain name. The initial customer reaction to the new interface has been overwhelmingly positive, as encapsulated by the following comment: "You guys have simplified the registration process to perfection -- it a pleasure to use the service," wrote Claus Gorges, a new customer of register.com. "Thank you." Register.com continues to offer a wide array of top-level domains (TLD) extensions, including the .md, .co.uk and .cc extensions. Register.com works with Network Solutions (Nasdaq: NSOL) to deliver .com, .net, and .org TLDs. The company's partners include: GeoCities (Nasdaq: GCTY), which was recently acquired by Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), theglobe.com (Nasdaq: TGLO), the Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq: SEEK), Thomson and Thomson, Spree.com, Web Promote, CyberSource and USA.NET. About register.com: Register.com is a division of Forman Interactive Corp. (FIC), a leading provider of Internet-based solutions and electronic commerce development tools for small- and medium-sized businesses. Register.com was ranked among the top 100 Web Sites by PC Magazine in December 1998. Forman Interactive Corp. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, NY. CONTACT: Business contact: Forman Interactive Corp. Sascha Mornell, sascha@register.com 212/798-9130 or Public Relations contact: Joyce Connelley jwconn@register.com 408/294-9293 12:06 EST MARCH 22, 1999

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (24602)	3/27/1999 3:34:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Hey OJ, Your friends at the supposedly non profit for the public NSOL is up to their ole tricks again. Guess when it comes to money, Even the pope can turn greedy. "It was a shot across the bow," says Rich Forman, founder of Register.com, which has become one of the largest registrars of cyberspace addresses and plans to apply to become an ICANN "test" registrar. "The InterNIC and the 'whois' database were almost like the U.S. Postal Service. It was quasi-public and had a lot of trust built up in it. It was a public entity that people had trust in, and now they've turned it into a private vehicle." Just Whose InterNIC Is It, Anyway? Network Solutions' decision to reroute traffic from InterNIC.net puts speed bumps in the road to competition. The brazen move by Network Solutions Inc. last week to reroute traffic from the InterNIC to the company's homepage and redirect the popular "whois" directory annoyed the government, prospective competitors and many others in the Internet community. It also exposed potholes along the road to competition in the market for registering cyberspace addresses. The "whois" directory enabled anyone to check who owns a particular domain name. NSI's action means that the public and competing registrars can still check whether a name is in use, but now they must hunt for it at NSI's site. It also means the considerable "brand" equity of InterNIC now reverts to NSI. thestandard.net