Re: BIG NEWS - Netsol drops 2.5 million domains from com zone (fwd)

From: !Dr. Joe Baptista (baptista@pccf.net)
Date: Wed Jun 28 2000 - 16:30:17 EDT


Hi Chuck:

As I've posted here - I think the error is on my end. Other people have
also checked and have given me the same figures you have. Unfortunately
we don't keep the zone files so don't have anything for jan 1 2000.

regards
Joe Baptista

                                        http://www.dot.god/
                                        dot.GOD Hostmaster
                                        +1 (805) 753-8697

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Chuck Hatcher wrote:

> One of us is in error.
>
> My count for active domains in the .COM zone is:
>
> 15,080,019 for 6/26, with 97 dropped since 6/25.
> 15,123,776 for 6/27, with 6,617 dropped since 6/26.
> 15,130,328 for 6/28, with 52,158 dropped since 6/27.
>
> Stats are based on the morning zone files.
>
> While we're on the subject, I need the morning zone files from January 1,
> 2000, if anyone would care to make them available to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Hatcher
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>
> To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:29 AM
> Subject: BIG NEWS - Netsol drops 2.5 million domains from com zone (fwd)
>
>
> >
> > This is a first for the net - 3.2 million domains dropped from the com
> > zone in the last two days.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 08:23:23 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Joe Baptista <baptista@pccf.net>
> > To: DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET
> > Cc: list@ifwp.org, ga@dnso.org, NCDNHC <NCDNHC-Discuss@lyris.isoc.org>
> > Subject: Netsol drops 2.5 million domains from com zone
> >
> >
> > According to my dot.com report network solutions is dropping domains from
> > the com zone BIG TIME.
> >
> > Today the com zone went from 14,357,874 domains on Tue Jun 27 to
> > 11,807,351. That's over 2.5 million domains just today. Yesturday NSI
> > dropped 700,000 domains from the com zone file.
> >
> > This is very significant. I have never seen this many domains dropped
> > from the zone at any one time. In fact it's so significant I've asked our
> > technical person to look into it and confirm the figures I'm getting -
> > just in case the program goofed. As I said - this is very significant and
> > I would welcome a comment from NSOL as to why so many domains are being
> > dropped. What's happening?
> >
> > regards
> > Joe Baptista
> >
> > http://www.dot.god/
> > dot.GOD Hostmaster
> > +1 (805) 753-8697
> >
> >
> >
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