has www.ntlcommunity.com sold out?

[Stuart W]

www.ntlcommunity.com now points elsewhere....


Does anyone know what's going on??

Did ntl buy it out?

[Russ]

Ha! I don't think so....

[Russ]

If there has been a sell-out, I wonder if this'll appear in Amy's I, nthw.com, ntlh.co.uk etc etc.....

edit - I get the impression this is gonna be a HUGE thread....

[Stuart W]

Well, I can only think of a few reasons why DNS would resolve this way.....

The biggest one has to be that ntl now own the domain.

[Russ]

Originally posted by Andre
Perhaps the site owner (who is a registered member here on this site) would care to comment on why his site now points to http://community.ntl.com ?

And maybe we could make up wild ideas about how many tens of thousands of pounds he/she was paid

[Tricky]

Or is it a case of someone having the address taken away due to the impersonating another company rules etc?

[cjll3]

dig www.ntlcommunity.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.ntlcommunity.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16247
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.ntlcommunity.com.          IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.ntlcommunity.com.   14290   IN      CNAME   ntlcommunity.com.
ntlcommunity.com.       14290   IN      A       207.44.194.150

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ntlcommunity.com.       14290   IN      NS      ns2.ukpcnet.co.uk.
ntlcommunity.com.       14290   IN      NS      ns1.ukpcnet.co.uk.

;; Query time: 273 msec
;; SERVER: 194.168.4.100#53(194.168.4.100)
;; WHEN: Fri Aug  8 19:24:47 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 117

[darryl@paulweller darryl]$ whois 207.44.194.150

OrgName:    Everyones Internet, Inc. 
OrgID:      EVRY
Address:    2600 Southwest Frwy., Suite 500
City:       Houston
StateProv:  TX
PostalCode: 77098
Country:    US

NetRange:   207.44.128.0 - 207.44.255.255 
CIDR:       207.44.128.0/17 
NetName:    EVRY-BLK-11
NetHandle:  NET-207-44-128-0-1
Parent:     NET-207-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.EV1.NET
NameServer: NS2.EV1.NET
Comment:    
RegDate:    
Updated:    2002-05-08

TechHandle: RW172-ARIN
TechName:   Williams, Randy 
TechPhone:  +1-713-400-5400
TechEmail:  admin@ev1.net 

OrgTechHandle: RW172-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Williams, Randy 
OrgTechPhone:  +1-713-400-5400
OrgTechEmail:  admin@ev1.net

Seems they've decided to shut up shop and redirect traffic to ntl.

[Russ]

Originally posted by Tricky
Or is it a case of someone having the address taken away due to the impersonating another company rules etc?

Cyber squatting? But NTL weren't interested in that address otherwise they surely would have registered it straight away?

No we won't, we'll just get the facts behind this deplorable decision if it's true, as Matthew may have re-directed it to ntl's site of his own accord.

Good to see that irony isn't wasted on you

[Lord Nikon]

There are no listed disputes on the ownership of ntlcommunity.com, the domain registrar has not changed, however the domain status is listed as registrar lock

Anyone tried phoning matthew for comment?

[dd2k]

u'll be looky to know whats goin on, i helped build and maintain that site (ntlcommunity.com) and i dont exactly know whats goin on

[Russ]

Originally posted by Andre
Not necessarily-they were too stupid to register www.nthellworld.co.uk, what makes you think they were clever enough to think of alternate names to http://community.ntl.com?

You are of course absolutely spot on!

[cjll3]

Originally posted by Andre
Not necessarily-they were too stupid to register www.nthellworld.co.uk, what makes you think they were clever enough to think of alternate names to http://community.ntl.com?

Oooh the scandle of it, imagine not being able to afford £ 3 p.a. to stop people from ripping then off!!

Actually, Andre fess up, this domain was already registered by the time they bought .com

[cjll3]

Originally posted by Andre
Yes it was, but I managed to buy it & sit on the domain, but clearly ntl were too stupid too see the opportunity.

So your was not really necessary was it?

I'll where I want to thanks

To the best of your knowledge was ntl offered the domain? If so by you or the previous owner?

[Lord Nikon]

Aren't we kinda drifting off topic here?

The original question was for Matthew about ntlcommunity.com

[Stuart W]

Me too.

I seem to remember a lot of people shouting about Frank 'selling out', I didn't think anyone else would 'sell out' through fear of repercusion.