who owns them?

[Julio]

Hey Everyone!

I have been wondering about this for awhile now. When ever i check for LL.(any ext) in SEDO it would say it is available but when I got to register one at domainsite.com it tells me something about AFTERNIC.

So who have the LL.(any ext)?

 

[StrictlyNames]

.us - .biz - .info
do not offer LL

the .net and .com's are all taken

.org you have to get from current owner, if it drops, the registry keeps it.

 

[Julio]

Thanks STRICTLY!!!

Oh! so that's it the names where .biz and .info

 

[MrDude]

I remember trying to register -.com my first week in the industry, I got angry when it didnt work hehe

 

[harleyx]

That's interesting, but does anyone know the reasoning behind why .org's are grandfathered 2 character only and biz/info/etc don't have 2 character domains?

Seems weird for com/net to have them, but the other extensions are taboo. Was it a political/influencial move by some group that lobbied for it, or some kind of logical reasoning behind it?

 

[jdk]

It had something to do with technical issues if I recall.

Somewhat of an example: http://www.yourtechstuff.com/techwire/2006/04/no_twoletter_do.html

 

[namestrands]

or maybe to stop people setting up sub domains like those guys at .eu.com and selling them off as ccTLD's

 

[QuantumBeam]

bummer......:shy: