Clued in companies may be rushing to buy the .co.uk ahead of the 10 June launch of .uk to GUARANTEE they get the .uk with no "dodgy games" - because they control the .co.uk they automatically will then get the .uk, whereas if they waited until after 10 June there's always a chance that the .co.uk owner will reg the .uk and seek to sell the 2 extensions separately, keep one and sell one, do a deal to sell the .co.uk and reg the .uk moments before transferring the .co.uk etc. i.e. all the things we've been talking about on here for months.