Re: [ga] VeriSign Registry Service Proposal

[Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

Can you please explain what does two-character 2nd-level domains on .com 
and .net ? i thought all two letters/characters were available for 
registration and already been allocated to their respective owners?

Best Regards,

Bashar Al-Abdulhadi

CEO, KuwaitNET.net



Gomes, Chuck wrote, On 6/26/2008 10:54 AM:

> It is for single and two-character 2nd-level domain names for .com and
> .net.
>
> Chuck 
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey A. Williams [mailto:jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:04 PM
> > To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gomes, Chuck; 
> > na-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: alac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; aheineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx; 
> > ssene@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ga] VeriSign Registry Service Proposal
> >
> > Danny, Chuck and all,
> >
> >   Thank you Danny for making us all aware of this.  
> >
> >   Chuck, thank you for making us as aware as you possibly 
> > could regarding this proposal.  Is this a TLD or a Domain 
> > Name?  I believe you meant TLD.  In any event, our INEGroup 
> > members will be very interested I am sure to review this 
> > proposal very closely and shall relay their remarks to me 
> > which I shall share as broadly as possible to ICANN staff, 
> > Bod and other constituency groups within the GNSO.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >     
> > > From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Jun 25, 2008 6:33 PM
> > > To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ga] VeriSign Registry Service Proposal
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > > > > CHUCK GOMES:  In the interest of transparency and 
> > > > >           
> > disclosing my interests, I would like to inform you that 
> > VeriSign has submitted a registry service proposal for the 
> > allocation of single and two-character domain names.  There 
> > aren't very many two-character domain names available, by the 
> > way, one.
> >     
> > > So, unfortunately, until it's posted it is not appropriate 
> > >       
> > for me to discuss the details.  I can tell you that I believe 
> > that we incorporated a lot of the issues that were 
> > recommended in the comments with regard to ICANN's paper and 
> > that we think it has excellent benefit for the community.
> >     
> > > And in fairness to ICANN staff so that we submitted it late 
> > >       
> > leading up to these meeting and at a very difficult time for 
> > them to respond -- although we have had some interaction, so 
> > I don't want this to come across as a criticism to ICANN 
> > staff that it hasn't been posted.
> >     
> > > If per chance -- and I don't know whether this will happen 
> > >       
> > or not -- it is posted this week, we will be happy to talk 
> > about it and receive comments from people.
> >     
> > > https://par.icann.org/files/paris/Paris-GNSO-22JUN08am.txt
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >       
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> >
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