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Originally Posted by rob  Further to all this I have found this gem after trawling archives on an unrelated matter from 2003 regarding Internet.co.uk : Thank you for your email regarding internet.co.uk.
This domain has been registered before 1996 and before Nominet came into existence and therefore we do not have any contact details on our database.
At the moment,we are in the process of trying to find legal registrant of these domain names such as internet.co.uk. If unable to find the registrant, the domain name will be suspended, and if the registrant still does not contact us after suspension, the domain name will be cancelled at our discretion.
In order to maintain Nominet's policy of .uk domain names being available on a first-come first-served basis, we cannot confirm when the internet.co.uk domain name will be cancelled. All I can suggest is to check regularly the status of the domain on our WHOIS database. If a domain name states "no match" it is available.
Nominet say it was registered before 1996, and thus before Nominet existed.
It was not suspended as the original owner was found, erm, Nominet.
Oddly enough if the real legal owner came forward there could be no DRS as Nominet are not able to hold a contract with themselves thus no DRS applies.
Without the tinfoil hat I am guessing it was a reserved name or the like and is being kept as so.
All quite interesting though  |
It's funny reading old threads when you come into possession of new information.
It seems that Internet.co.uk wasn't RESERVED as such in the sense that the others that have been listed were. Rather, it was one of a small group of domains which were known as neutrals, seemingly managed by certain ISPs for the use of parties who had relevent interests in the sectors those names represent.
According to some of the information i have now obtained, there were five of them, and ironically one of these is now registered to you Rob, and a second one is with another member here. As for the others, probably another story there!!
23-01-2008, 11:11:50 PM
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