RE: .us clarifications

From: Charles Daminato (chuck@tucows.com)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 15:12:34 EST


Oh, forgot to answer one question. We're still allowing Sunrise
registration (must include USPTO trademark information) - the sunrise phase
is open (current date) until April 8th

Tomorrow is when we start landrush-queueing of registrations in anticipation
of registry live on April 24th

Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Charles Daminato
> Sent: March 20, 2002 3:05 PM
> To: Russ Goodwin; discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: RE: .us clarifications
>
>
> The minimum is actually 2 years, and we will be allowing duplicates. For
> example, if the domain is processed on the 24th and you are out of funds
> when that part of the queue comes up, it might be unfair to
> anyone else that
> you ruined their chances for that name
>
> Charles Daminato
> OpenSRS Product Manager
> Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> > [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Russ Goodwin
> > Sent: March 20, 2002 3:03 PM
> > To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> > Subject: .us clarifications
> >
> >
> > We're having a bit of confusion regarding the .US registrations
> that open
> > up tomorrow morning.
> >
> > The Sunrise registrations are for a 5-year minimum term, and the regular
> > registrations are for a 1-year minimum term, correct?
> >
> > Which type(s) of registrations will be accepted beginning tomorrow?
> >
> > My understanding is that 1-year registrations will be accepted tomorrow,
> > queued, then processed April 24 when the registry first accepts such
> > registrations. Even though the registry doesn't have a
> "Landrush", where
> > the docs mention Landrush, they are talking about this Tucows-only
> > queue. Since Tucows will accept queue orders on a first-come,
> > first-served
> > basis, there can be only one order for a given "domain.us".
> >
> > Please correct me if this understanding is wrong.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > -Russ
> >
>



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