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Comment on Chinese domain name prospecting scam - it's back by Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:40:18 +0000

Thanks for this blogpost.
We also go one:

Dear Sir,

We are an organization of trademark intellectual property protection which authorized by ASIANIC in Hong Kong.

On May. 7, 2012, a company named Gueenzion Holdings Ltd. applied for registering following domains with us:
ourdomain.com.hk
ourdomain.com.tw
ourdomain.asia
Internet Keyword:ourbrandname

After checking, we found it conflicted with your name and trademark, so we would like to confirm with you.

Whether did you consign Gueenzion Holdings Ltd. to register these Domains? Or are they your subbranch?

Could you confirm by return in time? So we can deal with this matter effectively. Thank you.

Kindly Regards,
Tina

Auditing & Marketing Director
Tel: 00852 65 17 19 87
Fax: 00852 30 69 69 40
Email: Tina@sknetservice.com
Webside: http://www.url-center.com

Comment on The decreasing usefulnesss of blocklists? by Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:49:04 +0000

38.0.0.0-38.255.255.255 is an entire /8 block controlled by Cogent, how is that only just a "shit small part" of "some unfair provider"?

Recommend you think before commenting next time.

Comment on The decreasing usefulnesss of blocklists? by Derrick

Derrick — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:24:29 +0000

You jerk
United States:38.0.0.0-38.255.255.255
That's only a shit small part of some unfair provider in the U.S.

LoL you act as a great professeur knowing nothing .

Try again .

Comment on Chinese domain name prospecting scam - it's back by Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:28:46 +0000

Thank you for the article and here's the same message I received Feb 2012...

(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to your President or appropriate person, thanks)

Dear President,

We are the department of Asian Domain Registration Service in china. I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on Feb.7th, 2012 that a company which self-styled "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd" were applying to register "(company name)" as their Net Brand and following domain names:

((list of about 10 domains))

Afterour initial checking, we have found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you have authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you have not, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Wayi Holdings Co.,Ltd".

Best Regards,

Leo Pan
Registration Dept.
Tel: (+86) 551-5223114 || Fax: (+86) 551-5223113
Address:No.1688 Taihu Road,Baohe District,Hefei,Anhui,China

Comment on An experiment: buying new tyres online by Rich White

Rich White — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:57:57 +0000

Unfortunately, like most here I have used Kwik Fit... just the once - far too pricey. Friend of mine had recommended TyreFitDirect as his father used them for the last four years.

Picked up some Falkens at a really good price and the whole process was as it said on the tin - I even had to change my booking on the day due to family emergency and the guy I spoke to was really cool and rearranged it for the next day. Saved about £40 overall - well happy!

Comment on Chinese domain name prospecting scam - it's back by anon

anon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:42:26 +0000

Thank you to google and your blog. Another one..

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Dear Manager,

We are a professional intellectual property rights consultant organization,and we mainly engaged in URL registration and internet intellectual property protecting.

On February, 3, 2012, we received a registration application from "Pulead Investment Corp.", and they applied for the trademark keyword " " and some relevant domains. According to our auditing of their application, we found your company was the owner of this brand, so we would like to confirm with you if "Pulead Investment Corp." had been authorized by your company to register these domains and keyword.

We have suspended their application, so if they do not have your authorization, pls contact me for more information ASAP after you receive this email .

Kind Regards,
Michelle Hu
Auditing Department

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Office: +8526 517 19 87 Fax: +8523 069 69 40
E-mail: michelleh@sknetservice.com

Website: http://www.url-center.com

Comment on An experiment: buying new tyres online by MJB

MJB — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:12:32 +0000

I don't think there was anything particularly unusual about the order apart from having to have an N2 coding on the replacements to match what I currently have fitted. The chap who handled the order knew what I needed and why so it was pretty smooth all the way. I guess there'll be awkward spec sometimes tho but surely that'd apply to all of the dealers?
Wasn't really any lead time at all either. I ordered on the Wednesday and required them replacing over the course of the next week. They fitted them at my office the next morning. I wasn't expecting an specific time slot but to be fair they booked it for 11.30 and were there on the dot.
Without any other mobile to compare to (which I suppose I should for that purpose!) I would have to give a good 9/10! Only omitting the 1 to avoid looking like a plug!!

Comment on An experiment: buying new tyres online by Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:33:04 +0000

Sounds promising M J, I'll have to check them out when I get my rears replaced. What were their lead times like from placing the order to the fitting? Did you order unusual or hard-to-source tyres? I had "issues" with my car (Mk. 4 Fiesta) and finding someone who could supply the Michelins I wanted in the suitable rim and width dimensions.

Comment on An experiment: buying new tyres online by M J Bricknell

M J Bricknell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:26:45 +0000

No. I have asked. They are a franchised business but they don't use any other company to fulfill thier work - which is a big tick in my box. I used them to replace two tyres on my 997 in Milton Keynes. First thing I noticed was the quality of the vehicle that turned up. really high tech and very clean. John was the fitter/franchisee and both knew his stuff as well as taking proper care with my prided wheels.
Overall great experience as my first crack at a mobile service. Hometyre does have the look of being a little pricey an offering but don't be decieved, the price was well within the mix.

Comment on Photos: inside a Virgin Media cable street cabinet by Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:36:51 +0000

The coloured labels by the tap points denote attenuation levels; the longer the line to a customer's premises the more attenuation the line will have, simple physics unfortunately. I think they likely have the rows clearly labelled simply for service engineers to quickly understand patch panel layout. A short line with too powerful a signal being sent down it has the potential to cause damage to the CPE (i.e., cable modem) or induce crosstalk. DOCSIS3 (i.e., their 50 MB and 100 MB services) are far less susceptible to this problem (but I still don't rule it out affecting DOCSIS3 connections). Jonbxx on AVForums explained it pretty well in 2007:

It's more to do with the quality of the signal. A cable engineer explained to me that the output power from the green box in the street is set so it's OK for the furthest cabled property from the box. Nearer properties have their signals attenuated in the green box [street cab / dist. box -- Chris] to compensate for the shorter lengths of cable used. Sometimes, the signal can still be a little high at the end of the cable in your house so they put an attenuator on your cable which is what you have there. It's easier to sort the levels at your box than running backwards and forwards from the street cabinet, adjusting levels.

If you want an excellent technical primer on power levels and SNR on the VM cable network, read this on the community forums: http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Up-to-100Mb-broadband/POWER-LEVELS-amp-SNR-A-TECHNICAL-PRIMER-Nov-2011/td-p/846181. Also useful to read up: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33681678-11dbmv-ds-power-level-s.html http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Fibre-optic-broadband-cable/Using-a-non-Virgin-Media-cable-modem-possible/td-p/10066/page/4 Also of note, discussion about FPAs (Forward Path Attenuators, basically power sinks): http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12/33683997-forward-path-attenuators.html. Also if you're reading threads and notice cryptic references to SID or SBD / CAB areas, BOMs etc. these are all industry-specific acronyms; see this thread for an explanation.