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[registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February 1st 2004:-(

  • To: Registrars Constituency <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February 1st 2004:-(
  • From: "Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:45:23 -0800
  • Cc: "David W. Maher" <dwmaher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David W. Maher" <dmaher@xxxxxxx>, Bruce Beckwith <Bbeckwith@xxxxxxx>
  • Sender: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Dear Registrars:<br><br>
[This is an update:&nbsp; Updated items in square brackets.]<br><br>
[Excom has requested a teleconference between registrars and
PIR.]<br><br>
[Netsol has posted a note saying that they will not continue to support
IDNs in .com and .net.&nbsp; See note, attached at the end of this
posting. Verisign Japan has made a simper posting.]<br><br>
You may wish for me to take this thread to a separate list.<br><br>
On or about 23 December 2003, PIR announced on their web site their
intention to delete all idn.org domains which were in the domains they
migrated from Verisign.&nbsp; I am told that it was not announced in the
form of an Email to registrars.&nbsp; I know that I was advised by
telephone just before Christmas.&nbsp; The announcement says that PIR
will delete all RACE encoded .org domains -- bq--xxxxxxx.org -- on 1
February 2004.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is the URL:<br><br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab><a href="http://www.pir.org/registrars/registrar_relations/announcements/index_html";>http://www.pir.org/registrars/registrar_relations/announcements/index_html</a>
<br><br>
[The above web site available only from registered IP address using ID and password.]<br><br>
The Registrars in Japan are justly concerned about such an eventuality.&nbsp; A concerted action by registrars is in the making.&nbsp; Unfortunately, December 23rd was a holiday, the Emperor's Birthday, and the 26th was the last day of business until 5 January.&nbsp; It has taken a few days for the realization to hit home, but hit it has, and hard!!!<br><br>
I think I remember that Register.com, Tucows, perhaps eNom and other registrars not domiciled in Japan also made registrations during the so called &quot;test bed&quot; landrush starting 9 November 2000.&nbsp; Was Netaka a registrar at that time, also?&nbsp; I think some of you also made registrations in Korean and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.&nbsp; All of these .org domains are scheduled for the guillotine in 30 days;-(<br><br>
Question:&nbsp; Is this matter of sufficient general concern to the Consistency to vet the issue on this List? Or should we create a separate list?<br><br>
Regards, BobC, speaking with my PSI-Japan, Inc. hat on;-}<br><br>
&gt; Dear Valued Partner,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; We regret to inform you that Network Solutions(r) will no longer provide<br>
&gt; multilingual domain name registration services or host multilingual domain<br>
&gt; names as of February 28, 2004. Domain name registrations and services not<br>
&gt; affiliated with multilingual domain names will not be affected.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The .org registry, Public Interest Registry, has also announced that it will<br>
&gt; be deleting legacy multilingual domain names, which are RACE encoded, from<br>
&gt; its registry database on February 1, 2004. Network Solutions will be<br>
&gt; deleting them from our systems on that date as well.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; If you wish to continue any of your current .com and .net multilingual<br>
&gt; domain name registrations and related services, you will need to initiate a<br>
&gt; change of registrar for those .com and .net multilingual domain name<br>
&gt; registrations in your wholesale account to a registrar that provides and<br>
&gt; will host multilingual domain names (MDNs).&nbsp; You must transfer your .com and<br>
&gt; .net multilingual domain name(s) and related services to another provider<br>
&gt; prior to February 28, 2004 to avoid the deletion of your .com and .net<br>
&gt; multilingual domain name registration(s) and related services.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The existing term of your domain name registration will not be affected by<br>
&gt; this change as long as you transfer your multilingual domain name(s) prior<br>
&gt; to February 28, 2004. All .org multilingual domain names will be deleted out<br>
&gt; of our system February 1, 2004, and .com and .net domain names will be<br>
&gt; deleted February 28, 2004.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions<br>
&gt; or concerns regarding your multilingual domain name registration(s), please<br>
&gt; contact partnerprogram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You are a valued Partner and we appreciate your allowing Network Solutions<br>
&gt; to provide you with domain name registration services.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sincerely,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The Network Solutions(r) Partner Program<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; (c) Copyright 2003 Network Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.<br>
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