I'm almost painfully aware of this history; but our information from the "registry" that ran things previously only including zone information (domains) and no expiry dates nor registration information. My understanding is, now that LibertyRMS has the contract, they will be obtaining this information and granting some leeway on expiry dates due to the poor transition.
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Chrissie Hives wrote: > Hi Charles, > > many thanks for your help. > > In return I can maybe fill in some details regarding what happened with > registrations in 1999. Between February and May, as I understand it, domains > were added to the .vc zonefile by the .vc registry, which, along with some > other Caribbean registries, was run technically by a single IANA-accredited > technical contact. In fact he is still the IANA technical contact for .vc. > Domains were registered by him on a strict first-come first-served basis. He > is an efficient guy and an upright guy, and he does his job properly. He > collected all the info from registrants which is collected when people > register .com domains etc. - admin contact, technical contact, name, contact > details, DNS, etc. A few firms which were acting as resellers or registrars > for other domains got to hear of this and charged large sums to take > people's details and send them to the .vc registry, figuring that a) some > .vc domains would be seen as quite attractive, and b) few people would have > the sense to find out for themselves the address of the registry (despite > the fact that it has always been available at the ICANN website). They > presented themselves as "registrars", which I guess they were in the sense > of being agents of registrants, but they weren't accredited. The registry > dealt with all applications, including direct from companies and > individuals, on exactly the same basis. Companies that applied direct > included such names as Amazon, AOL, and Microsoft. > > The .vc registry was not involved in any side-room deals, and was always run > on an efficient, even-handed, fair, and proper basis. It received every > application on a first-come first-served basis, and did not discriminate > between people who applied direct and people whose agents applied on their > behalf. It's a little known fact that a lot of the already registered > domains are held by people who applied direct to the registry without using > agents. The registry took the details, took payment (a flat price, the same > for everyone, and not a large price - the mark-up by some of the agents was > huge), added the registration details to the file, added the NS details to > the DNS zonefile, and sent confirmation to the registrant (or their agent) > and a receipt for the money. The registry has maintained the zonefile ever > since. Whichever way you look at it, this was a registry and indeed it has > been a registry even after it stopped doing registrations, in the sense that > part of the job of a registry is to maintain the zonefile and the details of > registrants. In taking registrations it was working according to proper > standards. It would be scandalous and against ICANN guidelines if the > existing domains were de-registered and either assigned to someone else or > made available to new applicants. > > Later, a certain person got promoted to a regional job away from the > ministry in Kingstown (capital of St Vincent), and his old job was taken > over by an ignorant buffoon named after a sun-god, about whom I could tell a > fair few stories, and who is chums with an emigre who runs a small ISP, but > I expect you may have had a few experiences with this guy already :-) Maybe > I'd better stop there! > > Chrissie > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > >
