What does this mean for you?
Affordable domain registration fees and freedom from Network Solution's inconveniences.

How is this possible?
tucows.com is providing a new service called the Open Shared Registration System (OpenSRS). From www.opensrs.net:

OpenSRS a completely open system that has been designed to allow domain name resellers that are not ICANN or NSI affiliated to register domain names at wholesale rates.

By leveraging Open Source principles, firms that have sufficient application development skills can interface with our documented API's, which in turn talk directly to Network Solutions proprietary structures.

OpenSRS is founded on the principle that access to the community domain name registry should be open to as many people as possible. It is a public resource and should be managed in the same manner that a park is - open and accessible to all. It is the mandate of OpenSRS to uphold this principle.

With this service you get a domain name, DNS service, the ability to edit your domain's contents and the ability to manage your password protected domain from a easy to use web based interface.