[jyap]

I previously supported GoDaddy because they were based out of the US and had local US support.

Same reason I recently switched to NameCheap during the whole 'GoDaddy supports SOPA' affair.

Gandi.net headquarters is based out of Paris, France (although they do have a US office).

One thing to bear in mind.

[jc4p]

You have to keep in mind that the location of the registar doesn't matter since SOPA lets the US government go directly to Verisign.

[rhizome]

Verisign is still vulnerable to alternative DNS regimes.