I don't get it. As I understand it, the prefix is likely to change, but
even if it doesn't, these registered domain names will never work as
multilingual names, right? I can see how they will effectively prevent the
"real" multilingual version from being registered, but they are not
registered as multilingual. So will they ever resolve properly? And if
they do resolve, will they show up correctly in the whois record?
----- Original Message -----
From: "!Dr. Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 12:50 PM
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.
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3,072 TOTAL
regards
joe
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Joe Baptista
http://www.dot.god/
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