Lauren Weinstein, via Farber's IP List, comments on what he calls Network Solutions' "A Sucker Born Every Minute" Domain Service. I disagree. For certain persons, I can see a real need, and market, for the service. Think of it as insurance. If I have a mission critical domain name for my corporation and don't want the uncertainty and risk of having to renew it periodically, $999 is cheap. If I'm a manager, I've taken something off my worry list for the entire course of my employment; I'll be retired (and dead) before the domain name comes up again for renewal. When I see posts like Mr. Weinstein's, I begin to wonder whether we've become so accustomed to damning Network Solutions at every turn that we do so even when it's not warranted. This is just an optional service, for heaven's sake.