I do not know how simple this is for a provider that holds my domain name. (a) I'm signed up for almost another decade and have also (b) signed up for their private listing service. I'd even consider switching (a) and re-paying for (b).

Wow, I'm sorry to say it, but you're a sucker. Network Solutions has ludicrous prices for no reason other than that people like you pay them. What on earth are you getting for $35/year that you can't get elsewhere for less than a third of that?

That's a little harsh. Even with some of the cheapest hosting, you're only talking about a difference of maybe $20 a year.

A the risk of appearing to take an advocacy position, or start a registrar discussion (for which there have been other threads) there is some value included. For one thing, there's 7x24 real live person support included, which is rarely something included in cheaper offerings (if live support is available at all). There can also be some differences in how the cheaper privacy guards are set up.

Hosting? Who's talking about hosting? they charge $35 a year for registration by itself. Going rate is more like $10 a year.

DNS hosting, which is included in the NS domain registration. Sorry, since we're talking DNS, I figured that would be unambiguous. And the $35 rate (which is sans privacy) is the single year price, so not applicable in Lester's case (he's probably paying around $18 for the registration/hosting). Cheapest around, absolutely not. I just disagree with the characterization of someone being a "sucker" for choosing NS.