Old Nominet Towers Sold

[Whois-Search]

Frontier Estates paid £11m for the properties at Sandy Lane West which were formerly owned by Royal Mail, Nominet and Prudential and has now launched a £2m refurbishment programme.

http://www.oxfordmail.net/business/news/display.var.1238192.0.new_frontier_opens_up_in_oxford.php

Phase one of what will be called East Point Business Park has been completed with phase two ready by May and the site will be completed by January next year once Internet domain name registry Nominet completes its move to the Science Park.

 

[Beasty]

Remind me - how much is New Nominet Towers supposed to cost?

 

[Whois-Search]

£10 Million ?

http://www.kingsturge.co.uk/commercial/news/nominet-buys-into-the-oxford-science-park.htm

Magdalen College, Oxford and Prudential, joint developers of The Oxford Science Park, have now exchanged contracts for the forward sale of the new facility which will provide headquarters for Nominet, the Oxford-based provider of all UK internet domain names. This will represent a total investment by Nominet, including fit-out, in the region of £ 10 million.

 

[retired_member11]

£10 Million ?

http://www.kingsturge.co.uk/commercial/news/nominet-buys-into-the-oxford-science-park.htm

Oxford must be quite a pricey place to operate from. How about moving to a cheaper location?

 

[accelerator]

Oxford must be quite a pricey place to operate from. How about moving to a cheaper location?

I'm sure there are cheaper places it could operate from too and it would be interesting to know why Nominet chooses Oxford. It's probably historical and maybe related to the University in some way.

Rgds

Accelerator

 

[scooter]

I'm sure there are cheaper places it could operate from too and it would be interesting to know why Nominet chooses Oxford. It's probably historical and maybe related to the University in some way.

Rgds

Accelerator

Let's go with the flow and vote to outsource to India.

Reg fees down to £3, free transfers and they will still be making £millions :mrgreen:


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[accelerator]

Scooter, your Manchester Hotels link in your sig needs fixing.

Rgds

Accelerator

 

[scooter]

Sorted...Thank you.


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[Beasty]

I'm sure there are cheaper places it could operate from too and it would be interesting to know why Nominet chooses Oxford. It's probably historical and maybe related to the University in some way.

Rgds

Accelerator

Good point. The Patent Office and Companies House both moved everything (or almost everything) out of London and are now based in South Wales - where WDA grants abound. However as a private company rolling in cash, Nominet does not have a duty to put lowering its costs base before inconveniencing its staff... :twisted:

Too late now if they have bought a bespoke building there - but I wonder whether any of the people charged with looking after members/stakeholders interests raised this when the decision was being taken?

 

[olebean]

Could you imagine the likes of Lesley etc moving to the rolling hills?

 

[Whois-Search]

I always find it funny that Nominet is near the "Cowley" area of Oxford lol

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=454228&Y=203066&A=Y&Z=3

However it seems Dr Black was from the Chilton and the UK Naming Committee was based in Abingdon (so they have always been in that part of Oxfordshire):

http://web.archive.org/web/19990125101646/http://www.nominet.org.uk/

http://archive.theoxfordtimes.net/2002/5/27/39560.html

Also.....

I suppose you have to remember for those people that work at Nominet (even down to people like the cleaners) Oxford is where they live.

And we have all experienced first hand what happens when registrars move e.g. 123-reg (Pipex) from Nottingham to Stockley Park.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/18/123_says_sorry/

 

[weycresto]

And we have all experienced first hand what happens when registrars move e.g. 123-reg (Pipex) from Nottingham to Stockley Park.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/18/123_says_sorry/

Bah! 123-Reg staff have it cushy They got consulted and were given notice of the move!

I was wondering about the Nominet cash surplus too. My feeling is that this is due to lack of competition and because Nominet are the "netsol" of the UK domain space. Maybe we should have another TLD registry able to offer co.uk's and provide more competition to Nominet?

 

[yesterday]

Maybe we should have another TLD registry able to offer co.uk's and provide more competition to Nominet?

Seconded.

Also maybe resurrect the .gb extension (run by someone else, not Nominet).

yesterday