When GoDaddy was relatively new, registering a site domain name (such as gocomplain.xyz) cost $9.95 a year. The rates have increased to $19.95 for most top level domain (TLD) name extensions (including .com, .net, .org, etc). ICANN is partially to blame for increased rates because that was their solution to people who buy up domain names in bulk, sit on them, and wait to resell them to individuals and companies desperate to own these domains.

GoDaddy used to be one of the cheapest, but now, they are just greedy. There are cheaper alternatives out there today. One such alternative that I like to use is 1&1. However, they have some issues that need to be addressed in their panel for advanced users, but still, domains are cheaper there at $14.99 a year with free private registration (something GoDaddy does NOT offer unless you pay more).

Do your research and find a cheaper alternative when you can.

As I've mentioned before, there are only 2 ISPs I can get internet from in my area. As a result, each year I have to cancel my internet because Comcast wants to raise the rates astronomically.

Rather than not make any money off of me, Comcast eventually realizes I'm serious about canceling (just hold your ground, cancel your service, and decline every initial offer they provide). Comcast then presents a better offer as my cancellation date approaches. I was once offered 75MBPS for $49.99 a month. That is a decent deal, so I agreed, and the agent on the phone said she would take care of activating the new service.

At the end of the month, I was charged the normal rate. After complaining to Comcast, they stated they had no record of my conversation with the agent, and that they don't have a 75MBPS speed tier or package. They offered me a new deal for 100MBPS internet for $79.99 a month. Unfortunately I agreed because that was a better price than what I was paying, but still, I should have received the 75MBPS package I agreed to over the phone.

I got screwed out of a better deal. This happens quite frequently to a lot of people.

Always record your phone conversations with companies. They will lie and get away with it if you don't.

In my area, you can only get internet from two companies. They are CenturyLink and Comcast. That doesn't leave me with much choice and ends up costing me a lot every month. In fact, I'd consider it a monopoly since each ISP uses a different medium to deliver internet connections. Comcast uses coaxial cable, and CenturyLink uses phone lines (DSL). Monopolies are supposed to be illegal in the United States. Cool story because that's a lie.

I get decent speeds through Comcast (over 100MBPS), but I can't enjoy that speed to its full potential because there is a 1TB bandwidth cap per month. Though this may seem like a reasonable limit, if you watch a lot of Netflix, stream a ton of content, download & upload a ton of files, and game a lot, it's very easy to get very close to this cap or potentially go over it which ends up costing a ton of money!

The internet should be open, free, and unlimited. It does NOT cost Comcast more money depending how much traffic their customers use. The notion that bandwidth is limited over the internet is complete nonsense. It has only been limited by ISPs to make more money. In this day and age where the Internet is our bread and butter, we should not be stifling innovation by setting bandwidth caps, limits, and traffic throttling. More and more services are launching on the internet, and more of these services will require more bandwidth as they grow.

Comcast should NOT have a data cap. No ISP should!

Freenom's (http://www.freenom.com/en) free domain name registration for certain top level domains (such as .tk, .ga, etc) is a much needed service that is very useful. However, this company does NOT answer any emails EVER for ANYONE!

As a Freenom user, there is no grace period for renewing a domain, and I've constantly lost some of my domain names simply because I forgot to renew them before they expired. A reminder email is sent out two weeks before a domain expires, but that's the only email you'll ever get and lately, this email hasn't been coming through either. Freenom support is non-existent, and it is impossible for users to renew their domains after they expire since the now expired domains are placed into a paid tier level. This company thrives off of simple mistakes.

Freenom is NOT interested in helping its users. A free domain name registrar should be able to make money somehow, but charging for simple mistakes without providing their users any recourse or alternative seems rather greedy and monopolistic. A domain name is the bread and butter to any website. If the name changes, links on other websites pointing to the old domain are completely broken. It takes years to recover from a domain name change. To have a domain name and then suddenly have it yanked away without the option of ever recovering it for free (the price paid during initial registration) is extortion and is very harmful to an established website.

Between 2012 and 2015, Freenom used to have a dedicated support section where users could email and correspond between Freenom support agents. These agents could release an expired domain from the paid tier allowing users to re-register their domain names. This support area no longer exists (vanished), and as such, it is impossible to renew your domain without paying!

This lack of support is intolerable and leaves people with very few options.

Never forget to renew your domains, or you will be screwed.

I remember complaining many years ago about the monthly customer charge Black Hills Energy tacks onto everyone's gas bill, whether you use any gas or not. You have to pay for the privilege of being a gas customer! In my town, there is only one gas company, so Black Hills Energy has a monopoly here. You will pay for the privilege of being a customer, or you won't get any gas to heat your home.

Last winter, I didn't get any gas to heat my home. Just to turn my gas back on at the meter, Black Hills Energy wanted to charge me a $36 fee. But it gets worse. They also wanted to charge me the customerfee of nearly $12 per month for the 10 prior months when I had not been a customer!

So the total extortion fee just to start up my gas service was over $150! I refused to pay, so I went through the Colorado winter without any gas heat.

Yes, it was cold, as cold as the monopolistic business practices of Black Hills Energy.