To be honest, the level of detail provided to date by CIRA has not been
specific. We will be pushing for this info, and let you know what to expect.
sA
At 10:56 AM 9/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I, too, would like to hear Tucows comment on this one. Depending
>on how the final assigning of names works, I will need to change
>my strategy and site.
>
>I would hate to have a bunch of returns to work out if I can
>plan ahead.
>
>Tucows? Tucows?
>
>Mark Lieb
>Own a complete website from $375
>http://www.DomainSiteBuilder.com
>1-866-277-6987 (Toll Free)
>1-425-930-4390 (fax)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Heather Peel
>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 7:01 AM
>To: Dennis Lambert Jr.; OpenSRS Discussion List
>Subject: RE: the .ca lottery
>
>
> >From my understanding, it is not a lottery.... It was described
>as a round - robin selection.
>
>However, that raises a lot of other interesting ideas. Is the way
>it is going to work is that the first domain on the opensrs queue
>is selected, then the first on register "b" and the first on
>registrar "c" and so on until we get back to opensrs again, then
>they go through the second domain etc. until all the domains are
>registered into the system, kicking out ones that have already been
>processed?
>
>If that is the correct scenario, then wouldn't someone who pre
>registered a domain today at internic.ca who has been accepting
>advance registrations for a number of weeks stand less of a chance
>than registering that same domain today at a registrar who has JUST
>been certified? That kind of system doesn't seem to make any
>sense at all since the smaller, newer registrars would have better
>odds of getting the good domains.
>
>If anyone really understands how this is going to work, I'd love to
>hear. Maybe they don't want us to know?
>
>Heather
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Lambert
>Jr.
>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:27 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: the .ca lottery
>
>
>I have a question that I need to answer for a customer.
>
>Lets say my customer pre-registers "domainname.ca". I also go in
>and
>pre-register "domainname.ca". CIRA will then have a lottery type
>system
>(not based on date pre-registered) to determine who can register
>the name.
>My customer wants to know if he can pre-register the same name 9
>additional
>times to increase his chances of getting the name.
>
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Dennis Lambert Jr.
> > http://www.canadiandomains.org
> > http://www.domainsitebuilder.com
> > Own a complete website from $375!
> > Lead Development Manager
> > 866-ARROWUP (toll free)
> > 425-930-4390 (fax)
>
Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
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