Free .co.uk domains

[E-business]

Surely they cannot force you to renew lol?

They can't, not unless you sign some agreement.

[Luno1599]

Has anyone fallen for the text bit yet?

Daniel

[Joe!]

Yeah I got one last night, have the domain. Not sure if it charged me, will check my bill later on orange.

[Calon]

Has anyone fallen for the text bit yet?

Daniel

Fallen? It's a pre-caution to verify you're human, any product you order with OVH requires you to verify via SMS, if you're already registered it makes you enter a captcha code. I have a dedicated server with their sister company which I have to manage from the OVH website.

Yeah I got one last night, have the domain. Not sure if it charged me, will check my bill later on orange.

No, it doesn't charge.

They can't, not unless you sign some agreement.

You have to agree to a contract with them when registering a domain.

[Joe!]

Ah cool. A bit off topic, but anyone know of any cheap/reliable dedicated/vps server providers?

[Calon]

Ah cool. A bit off topic, but anyone know of any cheap/reliable dedicated/vps server providers?

VPS:
http://www.vpswow.com/
DEDI:
http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/

[Johno]

Surely they cannot force you to renew lol?

Have to? You just don't pay and it should expire?

AFAIK .co.uk's need to be registered for a minimum of two years. Meaning you get the first year free and then you pay for the second.

I believe this is the way they are doing it, of course if your details are fake they don't have much of a way of catching you - Real details normally results in a "Pay or the bailiffs are coming" - I got one of those letters from 1&1 a while back...

[Affreux]

Apparently after the year they take the 6pound off your phone...

[Joe!]

meh its only 6 pounds :/