Comments on: National carrier offline as flysaa.com website suspended

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:00:24 +0000

ITNT does not administer this domain, ITNT is just the technical contact.
Global One Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd is responsible for the administration of this domain; they have the responsibility to renew the domain and pay for the domain. All correspondance for the renewal of the domain was sent to there email address.

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:45:20 +0000

@Grant: We pointed out that the domain records state that ITNT is responsible for managing the domain. But perhaps you’d like to explain who is to blame, then, and why ITNT is listed as managing the domain in the records

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:01:37 +0000

This is factually incorrect, another classic case where reporters dont get all the facts and jump to improper conclusions. In The Net Technologies is not responsible for this situation!

By: HC

HC — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:01:22 +0000

Hi Brett, the domain’s staus was ‘pending deletion’ – one cannot register it then. Otherwise I am sure you’re right, someone would have taken it.
HC

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:42:19 +0000

> … or roughly R11,5m a day (at least). That’s a fairly expensive day for a [domain renewal] that should only have cost around US$10.”

I hope Arthur isn’t suggesting they lost >R10mil, if so I’ll take every report I see from him with a bag of salt. Let’s get real here – when I checked this at midday it was reachable from all networks but SAIX. Plus it was sunday, usually a day of low internet usage. The day before payday; a day of low ecommerce. Plus I’d imagine a large percentage, if not the majority of users would have tried again later in the day – I know I would have. It probably couldn’t have happened at a better time for SAA. This was a long way from being a catastrophe. It was a little embarassing for SAA and not even their fault, and that’s about it.

There’s going to be a network admin at ITNT getting a formal warning 1st thing on monday, that’s for sure!

By: Gabriel Fortuna

Gabriel Fortuna — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:11:31 +0000

Their website was only slightly less usable whilst it was offline.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:34:18 +0000

Surprised someone didn’t take it. There are commercial entities out there who’s sole purpose is to wait until a domain you require expires and buy it. Within minutes.

By: Ivo Vegter

Ivo Vegter — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:13:41 +0000

It’s easy to blame SAA for stuff like this, but at worst it chose wrong when selecting an internet company. That happens, even to competent private companies.

In The Net Technologies, however, might be looking at serious damages. Internet Solutions had better hurry up and sue over ITNT’s “Vision Statement”, which is: “Our vision is to be recognized as the industry leader in innovative customer focused, Internet Solutions.” Capitals, plural, the works; the only thing missing is the trademark symbol.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:29:10 +0000

The circus has arrived in town.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:52:18 +0000

Muppets.