On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Gavin Brown <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Unless what you're saying is the usual "they're > > just subdomains", which is of course true of all domains > > except the > > root. > > > > I think what people are saying is that the holders of .uk.com (and > > similiar) have not signed any agreement with ICANN, and that they act > > as an unofficial sTLD. > > > > And that registrants are being misled into believing that these > > domains are official sTLDs and that they are within the purview of > > ICANN. > > CentralNic has never "misled" anyone into thinking we have any > "official" status. We have always represented our domain names as an > alternative. So far, many people have found them a compelling > alternative. > but the 'even more registrars' don't seem to bill it as an alternative, if you search for a domain on, say, 123reg uk.com domains appear alongside the other domains
