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Network Solutions - the company that resells top level domains like .com and .net - seems to have misplaced its own website.

The company's website, networksolutions.com, is unavailable and has been for some time. Trying to visit the site right now just results in an embarrassing "Operation timed out" message.

Bad news for anyone trying to register one of the internet addresses the company offers for sale. The firm used to have a monopoly on domain names until ICANN got involved and introduced some competition. ®

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HTTP or HTTPS?

erm... that link is HTTPS, not HTTP, the http link works fine... have I missed something?

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If you're not part of Network Solutions...

You're part of the network precipitate.

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Custom Web Sites! Yeah

Focus people, focus! You were the only registrar and companies with more focus like godaddy waltzed in a screwed you.

Domains are a commodity, focus on commoditized domain and hosting services ... like godaddy. Oh yeah, and hot babes washing windows -- also a commodity.

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oh good !

I've been noticing alot of net advertising by NS for domain names for the amazingly high price of $19.95 per year

at least a few n00bs have been saved, and hopefully went somewhere else to register

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@ Been down for 18 hours at least

Paris cos she WOULD go down for this long.

FIXED

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