Well, the site says no new names will be rewarded until Jan 7th, perhaps they're in transition at the moment? Looks all legit to me - especially considering the .edu TLD in the URL for the new um.. registrar? (would that be the correct term?)
Weird this never hit the radar before, the award announcement says October 29th was the date the NTIA and "Educause" announced the 5 year agreement. Guess with .info and .biz, the free domain names with a rather strict requirement clause just blew under our noses ;) Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Marc C Storck wrote: > Strange, > > the .EDU whois still seems to be with NSI, as well as NSI still seems to be > the registrar > > Domain Name: MIT.EDU > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. > Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com > Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: BITSY.MIT.EDU > Name Server: STRAWB.MIT.EDU > Name Server: W20NS.MIT.EDU > Updated Date: 05-nov-2001 > > > > > At 17:51 20.12.2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Wow... looks certainly real to me, doesn't look like they've changed the > >rules at all, just the management. I'll have to bookmark this for the > >next time someone asks. > > > >And it looks like it's a not-for-profit thing, no fees (at the > >moment) subsidised by the DoC. > > > >Charles Daminato > >TUCOWS Product Manager > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Jim Jones, Jr. wrote: > > > > > http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/ > > > > > > is this for real? > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > !!! ATTENTION: NEW MAILING ADDRESS !!! > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Nizzaallee 4 Tel. : +49 (0)241 412 7634 > D-52072 Aachen GSM : +49 (0)179 121 2291 > Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
