> Someone has domain.prov.ca because they re-registered it, but did not
> upgrade, however CIRA still has domain.ca reserved for them. When or will
> this domain.ca ever become available for people to register?
Never, unless the 'owner' of domain.prov.ca gives it up.
> Also what about those who have a name that's registered by someone else in
> another level or province, for example name.bc.ca is owned by person A and
> name.on.ca is owned by person B, so neither can upgrade to name.ca right
> now.
When or will they be allowed to register name.ca, and will they have
> preference over a person who does not even own that name in another level?
In this case, as far as we know, the .ca name is reserved for live. Maybe if
all prov.ca owners give up the right to the .ca name, CIRA would let someone
else have it :)
> Now... (I'm sure this is just what you want to hear)
> Will OpenSRS consider setting up a queue for this sort of thing
> for whenever
> these names become available, so we can set up the registration to take
> effect once the name is released from being reserved?
I doubt it.
Thanks
Ken (he whom Chuck is taking over for)
> By the way, good luck with taking over the CIRA relationship, Charles.
> Sounds like you'll have lots of "fun"...
>
> Best Regards,
> Stanley J. Watterson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Michael Howie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "OpenSRS List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: .ca reserved names
>
>
> > If you're meaning unregistered "pre-regs", where the domain
> already exists
> > and the administrative contact hasn't re-registered, the domains will be
> > dropped from the zone file on December 1st, and released back into the
> > name space on January 31st.
> >
> > If you're talking 3rd level names (i.e name.on.ca if someone
> has name.ca),
> > only the Admin contact of the owner of this name can release it
> to someone
> > for purchase. The "glue" for this hasn't been created yet.
> >
> > I could be a little off on that last bit - I'm just taking over the CIRA
> > relationship (I'm SO thrilled too....).
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Swerve wrote:
> >
> > > January 1, 2001 ?
> > >
> > > > From: Michael Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Organization: RedWhite Technology
> > > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:13:05 -0700
> > > > To: OpenSRS List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: .ca reserved names
> > > >
> > > > At what point do the unregistered reserved .ca names become
> available?
> > > >
> > > > I am speaking of the .ca's which are reserved because of
> the existence
> of a
> > > > provincial equivalent - e.g. domain.on.ca exists, so domain.ca was
> > > > automatically reserved in case they wanted it.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Michael Howie
> > > > RedWhite Technology
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
