'splain to me, please

[Fredwina]

should'nt be an issue.

[SadieKate]

Wny not? I pay AT&T for the domain name and will be cancelling sbc/at&t/yahoo/whatever phone and DSL services. Will they send me a bill anyway?

[Fredwina]

A good question!
I looked up the domain on a who is site(no link since it leads directly to personal info)
Legally, I think you own Amiciveloci.org until the renewal date (maybe a lease is a more approraite term)
Noticed that it said "client transferred prohibited", which probably means you cant move to godaddy.com.
I would contact Yahoo! and see what's up. I think you should be able to have Yahoo continue to host the site, but I'm not an attorney and I don't know what kind of agreements you signed.
PM me, But I'm not sure If can be of much more help

[SadieKate]

Thanks, Fredwina. I found that but it is still clear as mud. I can find lots of info on yahoo's site except for the chance where someone might be going to another ISP, only coming from another ISP. I mean, if you make it difficult, maybe the client will just give up.

[Irulan]

can you register a slightly different name with a real domain service company like godaddy in the meantime? It's really cheap. I have five domains registered with godaddy.com and their service is excellent. They would probably tell you how to deal with yahoo, too. I had issues with network solutions not wanting to release a domain name for transfer, and godaddy was very helpful in telling me how to get it released.

[SadieKate]

Thanks, Irulan. That's a good idea to protect another.

The domain is registered with a real registrar but through AT&T/yahoo, so I'm more worried about AT&T/yahoo. The doman locking is a service I pay for to protect it. I should call AT&T . . . in my spare time. After this weekend, life will be a little easier.

One last day to pack for the next load. I'm gonna need some coffee.

[onimity]

when you registered the domain, you made it yours for whatever term you selected. You can legally transfer the registration to another registrar (see http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm), but registrars do limit when you can do that, i.e., in the time just before expiration. I've found it *much* easier to deal with the company that you want to transfer the domain to. A company losing business isn't as motivated to help you as a company potentially getting business.

The other issue is hosting though. New registrar or old registrar, you will still need to point the domain to a nameserver that identifies the machine where the site is hosted. So if the site is hosted with AT&T/yahoo too, you will either need to move the site to another server or continue to pay the cost of hosting the site there. The hosting charge should be billed separately from your ISP charge. (though it looks like the domain just redirects to the blog...is there any actual content on amiciveloci.org itself?)

Anne

[aka_kim]

My 2 cents -

Your domain registration and your ISP account are most likely not linked, so switching providers shouldn't be a problem. You do want to contact Yahoo Domains about your new mailing address, and make sure you keep your yahoo email account.