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Has anyone here used Nearly Free Speech (www.nearlyfreespeech.net)? I have finally started to make my migration away from GoDaddy (I have been planning this for

Has anyone here used Nearly Free Speech (www.nearlyfreespeech.net)? I have finally started to make my migration away from GoDaddy (I have been planning this for years), and NFS seems pretty good. I can't seem to find any horror stories about them... but I rarely see them brought up in discussions about registrars. Am I missing something?

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27182818284 15y ago
I've done small sites with them and have no complaints.
moab9 15y ago
I've used them for years. no problems.
kijin 15y ago
I've been using NFS.N for over three years now. I have a number of small sites and domains with them. The sites cost pennies a month, the feature set is staggering, and the domain registration process makes Gandi and Namecheap look clunky in comparison. They're also painstakingly honest. They recently corrected a billing error of $56 over three years over their entire client base. [1] My only complaint with them is the lack of SSL, but that's what a VPS is for. In fact, I like NFS.N so much I made a simple webmail app to interface with their e-mail forwarding service. It's highly experimental though. [2] [1] http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2011/04/07/a-small-billing-error-corrected/ http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2011/04/07/a-small-billing-... [2] http://www.github.com/kijin/nearlyfreemail http://www.github.com/kijin/nearlyfreemail
- jeremydavid 15y ago
  Cheers for that! Thank you for reinforcing my decision. I may just move the rest of my domains over there this week.
genieyclo 15y ago
I've used them for domain registration for several domains for about 4 years now. Very much a satisfied customer, honest and responsive crew behind it. I moved to them after having a nightmare experience with 1and1 a few years ago. I pay very little to maintain about 7 sites domain and hosting annually.
JoachimSchipper 15y ago
They host my website (but don't hold the domain - it's .nl). I've never had any problem. They are also wonderfully cheap for low-traffic sites, especially static ones.[1] Of course, they assume that you know what you are doing. [1] In fact, I've lost more money to the continuing fall of the dollars in my account than I've actually paid them. I'm not sure how to feel about that...
mtogo 15y ago
NSFN has a good interface for registrations, but it's worth noting that they're just a reseller for register.com (they even say so in their FAQ).
soult 15y ago
Let me preface this by saying that I am a very big fan of NFSN and host almost all my stuff there. If you are considering them for domain hosting, consider this tough: * They are not a domain registrar, they are reselling from PublicDomainRegistry. They actually mention in their FAQ that webhosting is their core business and that they only offer domains as convenience at a cost-recovery price. * Their DNS service is made for webhosting as well. They support the most common records like A, AAAA, TXT, MX, but you can not freely edit your zone. * NFSN's DNS servers are all in the same place (they offer a second location for an additional fee I think). I don't remember any downtime, but if you need 100% bullet-proof DNS uptime, consider using another provider for DNS. * Every additional item costs a little bit (although it is still pretty inexpensive): DNS costs $0.01/day, Email forwarding costs $0.03/day, Whois privacy costs $0.01/day.

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27182818284 15y ago

I've done small sites with them and have no complaints.

moab9 15y ago

I've used them for years. no problems.

kijin 15y ago

I've been using NFS.N for over three years now. I have a number of small sites and domains with them. The sites cost pennies a month, the feature set is staggering, and the domain registration process makes Gandi and Namecheap look clunky in comparison. They're also painstakingly honest. They recently corrected a billing error of $56 over three years over their entire client base. [1] My only complaint with them is the lack of SSL, but that's what a VPS is for. In fact, I like NFS.N so much I made a simple webmail app to interface with their e-mail forwarding service. It's highly experimental though. [2] [1] http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2011/04/07/a-small-billing-error-corrected/ http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2011/04/07/a-small-billing-... [2] http://www.github.com/kijin/nearlyfreemail http://www.github.com/kijin/nearlyfreemail

jeremydavid 15y ago
Cheers for that! Thank you for reinforcing my decision. I may just move the rest of my domains over there this week.

genieyclo 15y ago

I've used them for domain registration for several domains for about 4 years now. Very much a satisfied customer, honest and responsive crew behind it. I moved to them after having a nightmare experience with 1and1 a few years ago. I pay very little to maintain about 7 sites domain and hosting annually.

JoachimSchipper 15y ago

They host my website (but don't hold the domain - it's .nl). I've never had any problem. They are also wonderfully cheap for low-traffic sites, especially static ones.[1] Of course, they assume that you know what you are doing. [1] In fact, I've lost more money to the continuing fall of the dollars in my account than I've actually paid them. I'm not sure how to feel about that...

mtogo 15y ago

NSFN has a good interface for registrations, but it's worth noting that they're just a reseller for register.com (they even say so in their FAQ).

soult 15y ago

Let me preface this by saying that I am a very big fan of NFSN and host almost all my stuff there. If you are considering them for domain hosting, consider this tough: * They are not a domain registrar, they are reselling from PublicDomainRegistry. They actually mention in their FAQ that webhosting is their core business and that they only offer domains as convenience at a cost-recovery price. * Their DNS service is made for webhosting as well. They support the most common records like A, AAAA, TXT, MX, but you can not freely edit your zone. * NFSN's DNS servers are all in the same place (they offer a second location for an additional fee I think). I don't remember any downtime, but if you need 100% bullet-proof DNS uptime, consider using another provider for DNS. * Every additional item costs a little bit (although it is still pretty inexpensive): DNS costs $0.01/day, Email forwarding costs $0.03/day, Whois privacy costs $0.01/day.