The UK registry has now hit the seven million names registered.You may recall them hitting six million names in July of last year, which means (obviously) that they've added over one million names in just over a year.tootsdrivingschool.co.uk was the 7 millionth domain.More on this story on the Nominet site … [Read more...] about UK Hits Seven Million Domains
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Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
While everyone should accept that hosting and domain registration is a business I've always felt that some companies employ quite questionable tactics to retain customers.The charge that stands out is that some companies levy to "release" a domain name.While the entire debate about locks and restrictions for inter-registrar transfers has been discussed at some length at the … [Read more...] about Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
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 public consultation ongoing the report was bound to make at least … [Read more...] about IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Nominet has been working on developing and improving their "online services" over the past year.The "online services" are available to both registrants and registrars and allow both user types to manage various aspects of their interactions with the UK registry.Next month the registry plans to take the domain transfers / trades online.The announcement may be found on their site … [Read more...] about Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
There must be something in the air. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there are a lot of things going on in the ccTLD world at the moment.In the UK Nominet's AGM is being held this week. This would normally provoke a yawn from most people - it's an AGM - how exciting can that be? This year's AGM looks like it could be quite entertaining, although it probably isn't going to … [Read more...] about Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
Nominet Issues Spoofing Warning
In common with many domain registries Nominet relies heavily on email for communication to registrars AND registrants.Unfortunately they seem to have been the target of some spoofing in recent daysIt sounds like they've been the victims of a "Joe Job", where a spammer basically "hijacks" a person or organisation's domain when sending mails.More information is available on the … [Read more...] about Nominet Issues Spoofing Warning
Nominet PAB Election Results Announced
Nominet's PAB election results have been announced and the following four people have been elected:Robert TaylorClive D.W. FeatherNora Nanayakkara Simon BezantFull details here … [Read more...] about Nominet PAB Election Results Announced
Nominet PAB Election
Nominet's election for its Policy Advisory Board has started.Further details on how to vote may be found on the Nominet siteThe candidates this year come from very diverse backgrounds and encompass a wide range of interests. … [Read more...] about Nominet PAB Election
Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
I've always had mixed feelings about registries contacting registrants directly.On one level it doesn't bother me in the least, but on another I can see how it causes confusionOver the past couple of years we've been dealing with an ever-growing number of registries and seen a wide variety of policies and implementations, but the contact policy is one that always causes some … [Read more...] about Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
Nominet EPP Live
Nominet has put its EPP service live as of this morning.Best of luck to them! … [Read more...] about Nominet EPP Live