[OT?] domain registration durations

[Thomas Charron]

On 4/28/05, Michael ODonnell <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:
> Years ago I purchased a "ten-year" registration
> for a domain and that arrangement has worked
> as expected.  Today I spoke with a different
> outfit about registering another domain for
> ten years and they said that ALL domains are
> only ever registered for one year and that a
> "ten-year" registration was really just some
> registrar agreeing to automatically re-register
> you on a yearly basis.

  Yea, they're screwing around with you.  Just ask him why the fark
the whois information shows info for more then a year.. ;-)