Netsol AAAA glue

Sat Jul 14 16:03:53 UTC 2012

On 12-07-14 09:43 AM, valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:14:08 -0400, Andrew Sullivan said:
>> This isn't true in ICANN-contracted registries.  The maximum period is
>> 10 years, absolutely, so if you have 10 years to go and you pay for a
>> transfer you lose the additional year's payment.
>
> Oh, come *on* guys.  How much does a bleeping domain *cost*? Under what
> conditions does "zomg I'm gonna lose the other 9 years" actually outweigh the
> aggrivation?
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You don't lose the other 9 years. You just don't get an 11th year if the 
new renewal date would then be more than 10 years out. For what it's 
worth, .ca (non-ICANN) works the same way.