LJ Gilland Real Estate: May 2014

Many agents logging into RPData.com today have had trouble and it appears it may have been caused by a $15 domain renewal issue. This is the page that many people seen although others had their browser time out and show unable to connect messages. RPDATA - Down Network Solutions is a domain registrar and the domain rpdata.com is registered through them. A quick whois brought up the following information:- Domain Name: RPDATA.COM Registry Domain ID: Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com Registrar URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/ Updated Date: 2014-05-25T00:00:00Z Creation Date: 1997-05-21T00:00:00Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Registrar IANA ID: 2 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@web.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 800-333-7680 Reseller: Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: RPData Pty Ltd Registrant Organization: RPData Pty Ltd Registrant Street: 6 Eagleview Pl Registrant City: Eagle Farm Registrant State/Province: Qld Registrant Postal Code: 4009 Registrant Country: AU Registrant Phone: +61-7-3114-9999 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +61-7-3114-9900 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: netadmin@RPDATA.COM Registry Admin ID: Admin Name: Latter, Ian Admin Organization: null Admin Street: Cnr Bonney Ave and Junction Rds Clayfield Admin City: Brisbane Qld 4011 Admin State/Province: ** Admin Postal Code: ** Admin Country: AU Admin Phone: +61-7-3857-4411 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: +61-7-3857-4896 Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: netadmin@RPDATA.COM Registry Tech ID: Tech Name: Latter, Ian Tech Organization: null Tech Street: Cnr Bonney Ave and Junction Rds Clayfield Tech City: Brisbane Qld 4011 Tech State/Province: ** Tech Postal Code: ** Tech Country: AU Tech Phone: +61-7-3857-4411 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: +61-7-3857-4896 Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: netadmin@RPDATA.COM Name Server: NS2.CONEXIM.COM.AU Name Server: NS.CONEXIM.COM.AU DNSSEC: not signed URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/ >>> Last update of whois database: Sun, 25 May 2014 20:41:43 UTC <<< And on the page it asked me if I wanted to renew the domain !!! If I am correct, and I believe I am according to the whois from Network Solutions it appears that the domain was due for renewal on the 22/05/14 and they have missed paying the renewal and on the 25th it automatically changed the dns settings and it no longer pointed to the rpdata.com. Whether you got effected, how you got effected and for how long was determined by what dns server your network used. I rang RPData support who confirmed that they have been getting lots of calls and they told me it was a caching issue with my isp and it was being update and would be online soon. Well I guess that was sort of the truth of it. Once they paid the renewal then the dns has to populate out to the world.. Very embarrassing but they are not the first large company to forget to pay a $15 domain renewal! Were you effected ??