John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry. John’s latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to… Continue reading New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
Category: iedr
Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
I’ve written extensively about the IE namespace and its current registry operator – IEDR in the past. While I’ve always tried to be fair and balanced in my coverage of the issues facing the IE namespace I’m afraid my patience with the current registry operator has worn thin. While things may have improved over… Continue reading Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
IEDR Completely Offline
The IE Domain Registry is currently completely offline with all services down:whoisapiall web services UPDATE: Services are now available again
Multiyear Registrations Prove Popular
While it’s been less than a month since the introduction of multi-year registrations in the IE namespace, initial figures show that 6% of new registrations since then have been for two years or more.
IEDR Are Hiring
The IEDR, which is in charge of the IE namespace, is looking for staff. The position on offer is “team leader” in “registration services” Full details are available from David Curtin, IEDR’s CEO (david.curtin at iedr.ie) Related articles by Zemanta IE Domain Registry Introducing Multiyear Registrations – Finally! Make Your Voice Heard About DotIE!
IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
The IE Domain Registry has announced that they will be enabling multiyear registrations of IE domains later this week. From 6pm on Wednesday 13th 2008 it will be possible to register IE domains for 1,2,3,4,5 or 10 years at a time. (Why you cannot register a domain for 6,7,8 or 9 years hasn’t been explained… Continue reading IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
David Curtin, IEDR CEO, was interviewed during the week by Sunday Business Post’s technology editor Adrian Weckler The full interview is available online. Some of the questions posed by Weckler revealed some of the more awkward and restrictive views of the registry, including its policy on censoring domain names. However it is interesting to note… Continue reading IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
The IEDR’s annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf ) Of course they didn’t bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we’re more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media! In any case with the current Comreg… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
Comreg, the Irish communications regulator, is starting a consultation process on the IE namespace. The consultation paper is ComReg 08/48. Unfortunately any links on the ComReg site to the aforementioned document are returning a 404 (not found) error at present, so it will probably be Monday before we will be able to see the document’s… Continue reading Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
IE ccTLD Zone Reloads More Frequent
The IE Domain Registry has announced in the last few days that they are now doing rebuilds and reloads 7 days a week and that the frequency has been increased from twice a day to four times a day