The relaunch of Colombia's ccTLD got underway within the last couple of hours and the new registry operator is already reporting several hundred domains registered. According to a "tweet" from their official account 322 domains were registered in the first few minutes.While the full launch of .co is still a few weeks away today's launch is probably a good "warm up" for the new registry operator.
You can currently register com.co via a limited number of registrars, while there will be only ten registrars offering the .co domain when it the launch takes place in March
In common with most launch phases, trademark holders will be able to register names prior to the general launch.
More information on the .co site
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In a letter to DNGlobe ICANN outlined why the registrar's accreditation is being pulled. Apart from anything else they do not have a WHOIS server accessible on port 80 ie. via a browser. Their website is currently unreachable as well, which is not a good sign.
They also owe ICANN fees, though not as much as some registrars recently culled.
What's also interesting is the registrar in question obviously hadn't been paying their registry bills with Verisign, as the letter mentions that Verisign may begin suspending domains immediately.
Domain Pulse, which is the biggest German speaking domain industry event of the year, kicks off in Lucerne, Switzerland on Monday.
This year's event is hosted by Switch, the Swiss domain registry.
The event's programme includes topics such as DNS SEC, registrar accreditation, legal issues and IDNs.
This year's event is hosted by Switch, the Swiss domain registry.
The event's programme includes topics such as DNS SEC, registrar accreditation, legal issues and IDNs.
Like so many other industries, the domain industry has a plethora of events every year.
Keeping track of all to them can be a chore, so a site worth bookmarking is Domain Name Calendar, which gives a fairly comprehensive listing of domain industry events. It's run by the same people who are behind Domain Name News
Nice work!
Keeping track of all to them can be a chore, so a site worth bookmarking is Domain Name Calendar, which gives a fairly comprehensive listing of domain industry events. It's run by the same people who are behind Domain Name News
Nice work!
It's sometimes easy to forget that the domain industry is a relatively new sector.
Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows, sent an open letter to all of OpenSRS' resellers yesterday celebrating their ten years in business:
Where will they be in ten years time?
Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows, sent an open letter to all of OpenSRS' resellers yesterday celebrating their ten years in business:
Hello,
With great pride I note that January marks the 10th anniversary of the first domain name registered through OpenSRS.
Back in the spring and summer of 1999, we started planning for a different way to sell domain names. We had two businesses at the time, the Tucows.com software libraries and a large Toronto ISP, Internet Direct.
We knew that domain names should be simple and inexpensive to sell, and were made much too difficult and expensive by the monopoly provider. We were confident that we could fix that.
We also knew something more important. With competition coming, the companies planning to launch were simply copying the monopoly and maybe dropping the price a little. Domain names would likely be offered from $35/year!
And we recognized that registrars didn't sell domain names, service providers did.
We took those beliefs and poured them into a service offering that launched in January of 2000. It was an immediate success.
Now ten years later, and we still have our very first customer still happily and actively selling domains through OpenSRS. The first domain we sold is still managed by OpenSRS. And we've grown every single year.
So much is different now than it was then. The meaning of "service provider" has changed. In 2000, what we today know as web hosts were really just evolving out of the loam, forced into existence by telcos and cablecos killing dialup ISPs through regulation. Now the whole concept of the web host is morphing into something different, and, in many ways there may be a re-integration of "ISPs" and "web hosts".
So much is the same as it was then. People still need a personal relationship to help them get the most out of the Internet. Too many people still don't have one. There is still a huge gap between what people CAN do on the Internet and what they are ABLE to do.
Most importantly, we still view service providers as the greatest distribution channel in the Internet economy. We care deeply about our relationships with them and embrace the ones that care deeply about their relationships with their customers. So many of you are still around TEN YEARS LATER! You should be proud. I know I am.
Thanks to all our customers, employees and partners. We hope and expect that the next ten years will be even better!
Sincerely,
Elliot Noss
CEO Tucows Inc.
Where will they be in ten years time?
Bob Parsons, the larger than life founder of GoDaddy, tweeted earlier this afternoon that the GoDaddy Ad for the Super Bowl had been rejected - again.
CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being "offensive to certain viewers".
Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy, but that was inevitable.
But what is so offensive about the advert?
Is it the lingerie or the implied sexual preferences of the main character?
As a European I can't see how anyone would be offended.
CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being "offensive to certain viewers".
Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy, but that was inevitable.
But what is so offensive about the advert?
Is it the lingerie or the implied sexual preferences of the main character?
As a European I can't see how anyone would be offended.
Again on the subject of new TLDs ....
One of the "issues" that concerned a number of people is the concept of "vertical separation".
The basic idea is that registries and registrars should be kept separate.
While that is a wonderful Utopian ideal, the reality is that in the real world companies own other companies, people trade in stocks and shares etc., etc. So it's far from being a simple "cut and dried" situation.
It's also a situation that I personally think has been blown out of all proportion. And of course the people who are pushing it hard are the current registry operators. Can you say "monopoly"?
Or how about "fear"?
Be that as it may, the debate has been going on for months. During the Seoul meeting there was a public debate where both sides of the argument were able to "have it out", but while that may have helped clarify things for some people it didn't resolve it.
Fast forward to January 2010.
The GNSO council has now voted that the only way to resolve this issue once and for all is via a PDP - which is ICANN speak for a quite drawn out policy development process:
The motion that the GNSO council approved sets very clear limits on the PDP, but whether or not it will be possible for a policy debate as contentious (for some people) as this to be resolved in the 16 weeks mentioned or not is a different matter.
One of the "issues" that concerned a number of people is the concept of "vertical separation".
The basic idea is that registries and registrars should be kept separate.
While that is a wonderful Utopian ideal, the reality is that in the real world companies own other companies, people trade in stocks and shares etc., etc. So it's far from being a simple "cut and dried" situation.
It's also a situation that I personally think has been blown out of all proportion. And of course the people who are pushing it hard are the current registry operators. Can you say "monopoly"?
Or how about "fear"?
Be that as it may, the debate has been going on for months. During the Seoul meeting there was a public debate where both sides of the argument were able to "have it out", but while that may have helped clarify things for some people it didn't resolve it.
Fast forward to January 2010.
The GNSO council has now voted that the only way to resolve this issue once and for all is via a PDP - which is ICANN speak for a quite drawn out policy development process:
A set of formal steps, as defined in the ICANN bylaws, to guide the initiation, internal and external review, timing and approval of policies needed to coordinate the global Internet's system of unique identifiers.In many cases a PDP can take years to go through the full process, though there have been some exceptions in the recent past (think "tasting").
The motion that the GNSO council approved sets very clear limits on the PDP, but whether or not it will be possible for a policy debate as contentious (for some people) as this to be resolved in the 16 weeks mentioned or not is a different matter.
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