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Posted by Gordon Hudson on 08/11/06 08:08
<softwarelabus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1155251586.556069.289960@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> If you go to this webhosting review site:
> http://thehostingchart.com
> you might find it interesting that the highest rated host is
> ixwebhosting.com
>
> Guess what? If you dig a little into who owns the sites you will find:
>
> Domain: thehostingchart.com
> Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
>
> Domain: ixwebhosting.com
> Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
>
> It looks like tucows is also in the webhosting business and puts up web
> sites _pretending_ to be a legitimate hosting review site and places
> their hosting domains as #1. When I saw thehostingchart.com I was
> wondering why they actually pay ad money at google and they only have a
> few web pages. Why does this world bread so many unethical people?
>
> BTW, TUCOWS INC. is the download site tucows.com.
>
> Domain: tucows.com
> Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
>
> I'm a software developer. A lot of us developers who sell their own
> software at download sites know that tucows.com is unethical, but
> that's another story.
>
> Shame on Tucows!
>
> Paul
On that basis they own most UK web sites because 123-REG, UKREG/FASTHOSTS,
UK2 and ourselves all do our gtld registrations through TUCOWS.
There is a virtual packet of sweets for anyone who can answer the question:
"What does the anacronym TUCOWS stand for?"
I already know the answer but I am very very old and it might amuse some of
the younger readers.
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