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What part of this whois lookup actually says "corporate PR"?
by ct0 7y ago
What part of this whois lookup actually says "corporate PR"?
- throwanem 7y agoThe part where the registrar is a corporate PR firm that includes DNS in its menu of the services it provides its clients.
- Cyberdog 7y agoSo is the implication that it's likely that another major provider like T-Mobile or Sprint is behind this but isn't disclosing it?
- throwanem 7y agoI don't know, but that seems more likely than Verizon lowkey talking shit about its own brand.
- hello_marmalade 7y agoHow and/or why would that be more likely? Why would Verizon talk shit about it's own brand? What sense does that make?
- throwanem 7y agoThat's my point. It doesn't make sense, so someone else doing that seems more likely.
- duskwuff 7y agoIt's probably not T-Mobile, as they don't habitually use CSC for their domain registrations. (They seem more inclined to make their registrations through MarkMonitor.) Sprint and AT&T both use CSC, though.
- LeifCarrotson 7y agoIt's not a generic Namecheap/GoDaddy/Gandi registrar with their associated WHOIS privacy protection like you'd expect from some indie web developer having a laugh. There's no online registration tool, instead you have to email/call CSC Digital Brand Services to get connected to a salesperson who will figure out if you're worth their time and how much money they can quote for the service. That isn't proof by any stretch, but is an indicator that it's a corporate PR effort by a Verizon competitor instead of just a practical joke.
- duskwuff 7y agoIt's registered through a service (CSC Corporate Domains) that is unavailable to a private individual. Both Sprint and AT&T use CSC for some of their corporate domains -- and I wouldn't be surprised if some MVNOs do as well -- so it's difficult to tell who might be behind it.