Bob,
This is worth discussing, since we are receiving inquiries about
in-coming transfers of com/net IDN domains.
Is there any reason a registrant should transfer their existing
domains to another registrar or will they end up being cancelled by
Verisign-GRS in a few months anyway?
Tom
-----Original Message-----
*From:* owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Robert F.
Connelly
*Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2004 8:45 PM
*To:* Registrars Constituency
*Cc:* David W. Maher; David W. Maher; Bruce Beckwith
*Subject:* [registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February
1st 2004:-(
*Importance:* High
Dear Registrars:
[This is an update: Updated items in square brackets.]
[Excom has requested a teleconference between registrars and PIR.]
[Netsol has posted a note saying that they will not continue to
support IDNs in .com and .net. See note, attached at the end of
this posting. Verisign Japan has made a simper posting.]
You may wish for me to take this thread to a separate list.
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. I am told that it was not
announced in the form of an Email to registrars. I know that I
was advised by telephone just before Christmas. The announcement
says that PIR will delete all RACE encoded .org domains --
bq--xxxxxxx.org -- on 1 February 2004. Here is the URL:
http://www.pir.org/registrars/registrar_relations/announcements/index_html
[The above web site available only from registered IP address
using ID and password.]
The Registrars in Japan are justly concerned about such an
eventuality. A concerted action by registrars is in the making.
Unfortunately, December 23rd was a holiday, the Emperor's
Birthday, and the 26th was the last day of business until 5
January. It has taken a few days for the realization to hit home,
but hit it has, and hard!!!
I think I remember that Register.com, Tucows, perhaps eNom and
other registrars not domiciled in Japan also made registrations
during the so called "test bed" landrush starting 9 November
2000. Was Netaka a registrar at that time, also? I think some of
you also made registrations in Korean and Traditional and
Simplified Chinese. All of these .org domains are scheduled for
the guillotine in 30 days;-(
Question: Is this matter of sufficient general concern to the
Consistency to vet the issue on this List? Or should we create a
separate list?
Regards, BobC, speaking with my PSI-Japan, Inc. hat on;-}
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> We regret to inform you that Network Solutions(r) will no longer
provide
> multilingual domain name registration services or host
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> names as of February 28, 2004. Domain name registrations and
services not
> affiliated with multilingual domain names will not be affected.
>
> The .org registry, Public Interest Registry, has also announced
that it will
> be deleting legacy multilingual domain names, which are RACE
encoded, from
> its registry database on February 1, 2004. Network Solutions
will be
> deleting them from our systems on that date as well.
>
> If you wish to continue any of your current .com and .net
multilingual
> domain name registrations and related services, you will need to
initiate a
> change of registrar for those .com and .net multilingual domain
name
> registrations in your wholesale account to a registrar that
provides and
> will host multilingual domain names (MDNs). You must transfer
your .com and
> .net multilingual domain name(s) and related services to another
provider
> prior to February 28, 2004 to avoid the deletion of your .com
and .net
> multilingual domain name registration(s) and related services.
>
> The existing term of your domain name registration will not be
affected by
> this change as long as you transfer your multilingual domain
name(s) prior
> to February 28, 2004. All .org multilingual domain names will be
deleted out
> of our system February 1, 2004, and .com and .net domain names
will be
> deleted February 28, 2004.
>
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