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• 168:

  Agree with Milton, Nice job on relavant history ! but for a different reason. Legacy tld"s should remain legacy and... read more

• Gonca:

  Hi, What is the result of .web auction? Since 2016 .web extension has not activated.... read more

• Reviewu:

  'nobody has been forced to buy a .xxx domain' Just manipulated in to buying brand protection instead...... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  .CO's achilles heel is that Columbia is the owner of the registry. .CO's potential would limitless if it was owned by a... read more

• Bruce Tonkin’s laptop:

  Add that to the fact that Brice Tonkin was sent by Afilias to explain how easy a registry transition is. Paid for by Afi... read more

• Bill Sweetman:

  By and large, movie industry folks don’t value domain names and rarely spend serious money to acquire them. This is as t... read more

• Richard Funden:

  Maybe they can hire some homeless people in Cancun to picket the ICANN meeting. Worked so well in San Francisco...... read more

• Snoopy:

  These countries may wish to send people to the ICANN protest, SaveDotOrg protest outside ICANN’s offices in Los Angel... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  The RFP also assumes incorrectly that the same entity would run the registry system and the DNS publishing system. Those... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  They could call the other ICANN to provide free cannabis at the protest. Large attendance guaranteed, and this is now le... read more

• Jean Guillon:

  Why so many people dislike Jon like that?... read more

• Brad Mugford:

  Why is the idea of people protesting the handing over of a public resource to a private equity company funny to you? ... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  I see movies buying a lot of TV and radio ad time, so I wouldn't say that they don't need a good, memorable domain. And ... read more

• Snoopy:

  It is an area where the domain is not important. They often used .net and hyphenated names previously. Just anything tha... read more

• Ashley:

  If this is the Rosemary Sinclair I think it is, she is fabulous. Haven't worked with her in years, but from what I reca... read more

• John:

  Thanks for being the "John" I can't be now across numerous blogs these past weeks.... read more

• Alech:

  Where can we find the face of Fadi the greedy orchestra of this dubious deal?Please post link.... read more

• Alech:

  As soon as they take over,they want to raise price as soon as possible to recoup their on investment and greedy,crooked... read more

• Snoopy:

  Unless there is a contract with Icann not to raise prices then raising prices is exactly what they will do. They’ll do i... read more

• Mike:

  I will offer $5B for .org, owner financing please, what kind of joke is this. Seriously this is the most corrupt deal... read more

• John:

  Remarkable what Fadi Chehadé has been able to do since leaving his post as CEO of ICANN: 1.) Joined ABRY partners and... read more

• lifesavings.online:

  Let's get this straight: goes though a number of banks/investors for funding, much of whom are to remain autonomous, unt... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  Looks like a deal with the Devil himself. Everyone is selling their soul.... read more

• Alech:

  Fadi Chehade should be investigated.All his past dealings will be exposed.We need a face to his name.All these greedy pe... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Great point. Thanks Rubens.... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Also nice to have a fan and that you are so concerned as to look me up. How about addressing the actual issue? At lea... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Horribly salty at Afilias and at Neustar and at auDA. I'm mad at everyone. Actually I've got no beef whatsoever with... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Most of the controversy regarding .sucks is about trademark owners being extorted, not about the sexual meaning of sucks... read more

• lifesavings.online:

  Lol...controversy? Why not (im straight) but uhh, ya know what .sucks mean? It NOT JUST sucks...it's insulates a specifi... read more

• Rob:

  I think they could raise the Billion dollars in debt with their eyes closed. There have an incredibly secure asset th... read more

• John:

  Well, with the exposure to millions of readers in “the failing New York Times,” thoughtful individuals around the world ... read more

• John:

  Well, with the exposure to millions of readers in "the failing New York Times," thoughtful individuals around the world ... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  They could put the money where they mouth is, and buy PIR from ISOC instead of Ethos.... read more

• JZ:

  Well, since the Ethos thing is clearly an insider deal it won't happen. Too bad. Greed wins. What a surprise.... read more

• John McCormac:

  It is not just .ICU that is stuffed with discounted domain names.... read more

• 168:

  ICANN Rejects request. Approves sale. Fate decided. ASO recall .org deal completes ASO -Takes control of ICA... read more

• Ethan:

  "These are most likely dot-brand gTLDs that could follow the path of 69 predecessors and flunk out of the program." I... read more

• Snoopy:

  The New TLD predictions would be nothing more than wild guess because the main influencer now is sub $1 promotions from ... read more

• John:

  (Different "John," not the one above.)... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  This change happened due to a change in US administration. So, if you are eligible to vote in the US 2020 presidential e... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  I submitted my public comments and so should you!... read more

• John:

  “And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was op... read more

• John:

  Considering the base of .com domains is 143,000,000 today and with a projected 3.0% increase per year on the base of dom... read more

• Reviewu:

  Soon we will see more registries merging or holding each others hands in desperation.... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  What is the purpose of having a contract ICANN, if it can be amended at any time?! You might as well say your contracts ... read more

• John:

  If Verisign’s actual costs have declined and continue to decline, while the base of domains continues to increase, what ... read more

• moo:

  Everyone here is paying attention, John. What can we possibly do about that?... read more

• John:

  Is anybody paying any attention to Verisign’s financials? The base of .com domains has climbed from 84 million in 200... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Actually, in the past ICANN allowed .com price increases, but DoC blocked them. It was the change in US administration t... read more

• John:

  What a sham. The existing .com registry agreement has .com domains prices fixed at $7.85 through 2024 for consumer pr... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  So, Verisign will fund ICANN's programs with flawed methodology like DAAR, so they can generate more flawed results fast... read more

• Derek Whalen:

  Adrian Kinderis didn't you work at Neustar when Afilias came to town and took over their .au business? I notice your em... read more

• Greg Thomas:

  The Packet Clearing House produced a technical analysis which concluded that transitioning .org from non-profit to for-p... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  The way you described ICANN reconsideration process looked like a Dr. Evil lair. #ohwait... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  While I agree that registry consolidation will continue, I don't think that Afilias will be largest buyer. They usually ... read more

• Brian:

  Same here, The domain king is always right and DOT COM would be the king always.... read more

• John:

  While a number of the experts danced around the edge of the volcano, not one came out with a prediction that U.S. Senate... read more

• Andrew Hyde:

  All experts considered, I have to agree with Rick, the numbers don't lie.... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Even without the TLD working, the cached knowledge of how to reach SLDs works for a long time, notably where the SLDs ar... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Thanks Matt. An intelligent response that is simple enough for a dope like me to understand. What is interesting to m... read more

• Matt Nordhoff:

  The au TLD has used multiple secondary DNS services for at least the last five years, since before Neustar acquired AusR... read more

• wanker:

  Why not till heat death of the universe?... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Further to this... the only reason I would foresee the use of another provider in this circumstance, given how robust yo... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  Thanks for the response Ram, albeit it horribly condescending. Please educate me. I read on your website https://afil... read more

• Ram Mohan:

  There is a concept, often deployed in high quality and at scale operations, where diversity is a feature. Happy to educa... read more

• Reviewu:

  Will we be using domains in 20 years?... read more

• Adrian Kinderis:

  If Afilias' DNS servcie is so robust why did auDA just outsource further DNS services to Neustar as sited in this articl... read more

• John:

  Wake me when we reach 690, please, or when the U.S. Senate hearings commence. "The Next Big Thing," indeed!... read more

• wanker:

  takingthe.ps... read more

• Rick Lamb:

  ..and regardless of what you think of dnssec, the root deployment would not have happened without Ashley. Here is someo... read more

• Mark Thorpe:

  Only 20 years for legit domains that have active websites.... read more

• gpmgroup:

  Removing URS is unlikely as it is a current RPM working group charter question and an individual member's proposal to re... read more

• Rubens Kuhl:

  Actually, years-long registrations are terrible for continued business relationship. Your customer doesn't know you anym... read more

• GetDomainData:

  Interesting, thanks for this info packed post but more catchy is the phrase you ended the article with: "There’s clearl... read more

• granny games:

  how I can buy premium .mobi domains ?????????... read more