This is rediculous. All Canadians who might consider buying domain names should be given free access to this information to save everyone time and grief. Duh.
Swerve > From: "Ken Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:53:40 -0500 > To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "opensrs discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: List of municipal restricted .ca names? > > Becuase they pay for it...:) > > Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Swerve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]This >> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 3:43 PM >> To: Ken Joy; opensrs discuss >> Subject: Re: List of municipal restricted .ca names? >> >> >> Stating the obvious. >> >> Why doesn't CIRA just publish the list? >> >> Swerve >> >>> From: "Ken Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:38:07 -0500 >>> To: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Paynter" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: RE: List of municipal restricted .ca names? >>> >>> CIRA uses: >>> >>> http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html >>> >>> You could conceiveably wildcard search the thing for a complete >> list, BUT, >>> you have to include at least two characters. If anyone goes >> through all the >>> letters, please email me the entire list :) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ken >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Daminato >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:33 AM >>>> To: Eric Paynter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Subject: RE: List of municipal restricted .ca names? >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric... >>>> >>>> My sincere condolences, however: >>>> >>>>> 1. Why doesn't OpenSRS catch this when the order is placed? >>>> >>>> We don't have an authoritative list, we only find out when we try >>>> to process >>>> the domain at the registry, so we can't check it. >>>> >>>>> 2. Where is the list of municipal restricted .ca names so we can >>>>> do our own checking in the future? >>>> >>>> There IS list of all municipalities published by the Gov't of >> Canada but >>>> afaik it's not free (and actually quite expensive, subscription based) >>>> >>>> I *did* find something from the Government that has a list of >> names, but I >>>> don't know how accurate this is, and you'll likely have to get >> permission >>>> from the Gov't of Canada to take the information from this >> site. I'll see >>>> if there's anything we can do to get a list locally, and alter >> our lookups >>>> to suit. >>>> >>>> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/businessmap/engdoc/10.9.9999.html >>>> >>>> The format for the URL is 10.X.9999.html where X is: >>>> >>>> 1 = Alberta, 2 = British Columbia, 3 = Manitoba, 4 = New Brunswick, 5 = >>>> Newfoundland, 6 = Northwest Territories, 7 = Nova Scotia, 8 = >> Nunavut, 9 = >>>> Ontario, 10 = Prince Edward Island, 11 = Quebec, 12 = >> Saskatchewan, 13 = >>>> Yukon >>>> >>>> But I don't know >>>> >>>> Charles Daminato >>>> OpenSRS Product Manager >>>> Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Paynter >>>>> Sent: March 6, 2002 8:49 PM >>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Subject: List of municipal restricted .ca names? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> OK, CIRA has me pulling my hair out again... We have a domain >> in pending >>>>> queue because the customer's credit card information (address >>>>> etc.) was out >>>>> of date. After spending considerable time on the phone with >> this person >>>>> convincing him to go to the bank and update his info so that we >>>> can do an >>>>> address verification, waiting days for this to be done while >>>>> playing phone >>>>> tag with the customer, listening to him gripe at us about how he >>>>> believes he >>>>> really shouldn't be doing business on the Internet anyway because >>>>> all this >>>>> fraud prevention stuff is scaring him, finally getting >>>>> confirmation that the >>>>> info is updated and getting a green light from Visa that the info >>>>> matches... >>>>> Click "Register Now" in the RWI and it returns: "Domain name is >>>>> restricted >>>>> to municipal government." >>>>> >>>>> Now I get to formulate the email that says sorry, we are so >>>>> incompetant that >>>>> we didn't even realize ahead of time your domain name is not >>>>> available to a >>>>> Canadian Citizen which is exactly what you put on our order form so we >>>>> should have been able to catch it... Better luck next time! >>>>> >>>>> My questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Why doesn't OpenSRS catch this when the order is placed? >>>>> 2. Where is the list of municipal restricted .ca names so we can >>>>> do our own >>>>> checking in the future? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> -Eric P. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> arctic bears - email and name services >>>>> 25 email addresses@yourdomain CA$11.95/month >>>>> DNS starting at CA$3.49/month - domains from CA$25.95/year >>>>> for details contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit >>>>> http://www.arcticbears.com >>>> >>> >> >
