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Rachel Woodlock
11-11-1999, 05:06 AM
Argh I feel like such a newbie, I promise I tried to navigate through the FAQs at FQ and search for relevant posts here in the community forums but....

After pulling my hair out with the free webpage hosters (Geocities, Freeserve here in England etc.) and realising that because I will be country hopping fairly frequently (England/Australia and back and forth) I finally realised that the smartest thing to do would be to register a domain name and pay for it to be hosted.

I've always liked FutureQuest because they let me peak in on their bulletin boards, they/you seem very customer friendly, they/you definitely seem to know what they are doing sys admin wise from the limited experience I had with an internet company back in Oz.

Now after that long ramble here comes my question:
I don't own a company, I'm insignificant pond scum as far as the internet goes - I just like having my own little corner on the web where I can put up snaps of my family, my essays from college etc.

Am I *allowed* (as an individual) to have a .com or a .net address?[nbsp][nbsp](The reason I ask is that back in Oz you had to have a company to have a .com.au address).[nbsp][nbsp]

Ummm that's my only question at the moment.
Rach

Deb
11-11-1999, 05:22 AM
Hi Racheal,

YES!

Everybody can be somebody on the net :D

.com and .net domains are open for all to utilize however they like (as long as it's legal).... all you need to do is figure out what domain name you would like to have and make sure it's available :)

Enjoy

Deb

a royally ridiculous typo was here
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Rachel Woodlock
11-11-1999, 05:29 AM
*blink* talk about quick!!!

P.S. Forgot to say it initially - but ta heaps!
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Charles Capps
11-11-1999, 05:32 AM
*LOL*[nbsp][nbsp]Welcome to the FutureQuest forums.[nbsp][nbsp]:D

ddunlap
11-12-1999, 12:29 AM
And BTW Rachel, look out for Deb - she is a domain name junkie and may try to talk you into not just ONE domain name, but maybe five or six ;)[nbsp]

Rachel Woodlock
11-12-1999, 03:06 AM
hahaha
heavens - it was hard enough thinking up one!!!

Justin
11-12-1999, 03:32 AM
Deb is the best (worst?) with domain names - I think for every idea that pops up, she can think of about 100 domain names that would be *perfect* for the job - and usually a few of them are available in .com and .net... and of the 100, usually about 99 of them start or end with "Quest"...

I will give her credit for coming up with HostFacts.com for me - you do not want to know what I almost registered for that site... ;)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

Deb
11-12-1999, 03:38 AM
ROFL!!

Justin will make me pay for this later but...

he wanted mrwebhost.com

ahem.... How could I not make another suggestion?!?!?? ;)

Aything-Quest is always a great start :þ[nbsp][nbsp]We even host a few "quest" domains that managed to get to InterNIC before I could :þ

Deb

Tatu
11-12-1999, 08:49 AM
Welcome Rachel!

Aghhhhh Justin!!! Mr. Webhost?!?!? :D :D :D :D :D
That sounds more like a pi --err nevermind!

-Tatu

-I Meeesta Sparkle, disrespectful to dirt!-