I got a message asking if I could break this down further. Yes I can
Count Zone
----- ----
2,714 .COM
230 .NET
128 .ORG
The registration have been mainly in the *.com zone - only a few
registrations are in all three zones.
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
>
> I'm curious to see the value of a list I recently compiled of domain names
> which employ the RACE Row-based ASCII Compatible Encoding) for
> Internationalized Domain Names.
>
> I've decided to sell this list via auction. I undertake to sell only one
> copy of this list to the highest bidder. You must have a paypal account
> in good standing in order to send payment.
>
> If you want to bid on the list - please contact me via private email and
> provide your bid. The auction begins now - no minimum bid - and the
> auction will end at 5PM EST today (Nov 8).
>
> If no one bids on this lists - I will also announce the same after 5pm.
>
> The list is composed of 3,072 domain names which use RACE - a short
> example follows.
>
> BQ--3BLTAVX6.COM : TUCOWS.COM, INC.
> BQ--3BLTAVXT.COM : INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
> BQ--3BM3WW2Q.COM : INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
> BQ--3BMPFDFX.COM : MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
>
> details below ..
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:50:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: FYI - stats on Multiligual domain names
>
>
> Some time ago people here expressed concerns that there were many
> preregistrations of domains starting with the BQ-- string. Yes - people
> have been registering domains. According to draft-ietf-idn-race-02.txt
> there were no domains starting with the string "BQ--" registered on or
> about August 2000. I obtained a complete list of these domains from the
> whois and can verify that indeed the "BQ--" string has recently
> experienced some popularity.
>
> To date there are 3,072 domain names which use RACE (Row-based ASCII
> Compatible Encoding) for Internationalized Domain Names. The leading
> registrar is INNERWISE with 1,796 registered domains.
>
> 14 DOMAINPEOPLE, INC.
> 161 DOTSTER, INC.
> 1 HANGANG SYSTEMS, INC. D/B/A DOREGI.COM
> 2 IHOLDINGS.COM, INC. D/B/A DOTREGISTRAR.COM
> 1,796 INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
> 158 MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
> 124 NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
> 466 REGISTER.COM, INC.
> 18 SPEEDNAMES, INC.
> 331 TUCOWS.COM, INC.
> =====
> 3,072 TOTAL
>
> regards
> joe
>
>
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