LJ Braintrust: Domain registrar?

[gement]

Godaddy makes my skin crawl. Can anyone suggest a less slimy company that allows you to redirect/choose your own nameservers? Dreamhost has been recommended to me, but they lock you into using their nameservers (or at least did almost two years ago when I last investigated this.)

My server-fu is weak. Please advise.

Edited to add: I've gone with Dynadot, but if anyone else is looking for similar information, DirectNIC and BareMetal (a small Canadian independent) were also recommended.

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[gement.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[zanfur.livejournal.com]

Same. Also, when hurricane Katrina hit, they didn't go down, even though the rest of the city did. Went so far as to fly in diesel at absurd prices to fuel their backup generator. Never raised prices.