Refusal to modify a Domain Name Server

[HumanBean15]

Can a DN Registrar refuse to modify a Domain Name Server?

My ISP offers a free Domain Name, which I took up, and once I had found and signed up to a hosting site, they informed me that "With a free .net domain your only allowed to link it to a free or paying hosting... We can't update the names servers as requested."

Is this legal? Can I 'force it'? There's not a lot of money involved here, but it seems to me that the principle is wrong - whether a Domain Name is offered free or not, I feel that you should be able to use it as you wish.

Your thoughts, folks?

Thanks,

HB15.

[JPnyc]

Just my opinion but if they're giving it to you at no cost, I think they have the right to pick and choose just how they wish to do that, and how far they're willing to go to accommodate the user.

[felgall]

Nothing is given away free when it comes to domain names or web hosting. There are always conditions attached that allow the provider to make more money by giving it away than they can by selling it.

[HumanBean15]

Right, felgall, it's not exactly 'free' ... what is? I pay them for my telephone and Internet service, so they're doing fine. But they're a good company - I don't need to knock them. I just think that to 'give away' a Domain Name and then not let you use it as you wish is a bit, well, stingy. What's the point?

I assume they have to pay for it, so why give it away? It's not as though they push the idea to achieve sales - I only found it by accident. Weird...

John. :confused: