Nominet's AGM takes place today. All members can attend and if you can't make it in person it will be webcast (which is how I intend to follow it). … [Read more...] about Nominet AGM
Domains & DNS
The Politics of Hosting – Irish Politicians and Hosting
There will be a general election in Ireland in the next few weeks and we'll all have to listen to the various politicians going on about how much they'll do for the Irish economy. But do the politicians actually use Irish companies to provide them with services such as hosting and domain registration? There's a thread over on boards.ie which is quite revealing. It seems that … [Read more...] about The Politics of Hosting – Irish Politicians and Hosting
Afilias Announces Price Increase
Following on Verisign's price increase, Afilias are set to follow suit. In a letter sent to ICANN a couple of days ago Roland LaPlante announced a planned price increase effective from October 15. The annual fee will increase to $6.15 … [Read more...] about Afilias Announces Price Increase
No More Porn in .ie
John mentions that the IEDR have finally done something about porn.ie and added it to the blocklist: blacknight@siracusa:~$ whois porn.ie % Rights restricted by copyright; http://www.domainregistry.ie/copyright.html % Do not remove this notice domain: porn.ie descr: Forbidden descr: Discretionary Applicant descr: Discretionary Name admin-c: … [Read more...] about No More Porn in .ie
Verisign Flexs Its Muscles
Over a year has passed since I posted about Verisign's unique position in relation to .com and .net Yesterday they announced the first price increases. VeriSign announced that as of Oct. 15, 2007, the registry fee for .com domain names will increase from $6.00 to $6.42 and that the registry fee for .net domain names will increase, from $3.50 to $3.85. This will be the first … [Read more...] about Verisign Flexs Its Muscles