[icann-eu] What is the status of the new TLDs?

["JIM FLEMING" <jfleming@anet.com>]

Re: Current status of TLDs?

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:24:41 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jim Dixon <jdd@matthew.uk1.vbc.net>
Subject: Re: Current status of TLDs?

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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Mikael Pawlo wrote:

> Okay, this is probably a question with an obivous answer and I should
> surely be ashamed posing it, but however I need to know, so I take my
> chances .-)
>
> What is the status of the new TLDs?

Rumors have it that delegation won't be until well into 1998, perhaps
not until June.

> When are they supposed to be in action and which are the main obstacles
> that may hinder the TLDs?

According to Dave Crocker, formerly of the IAHC and the IPOC, they were
to be delegated tomorrow.

According to Bob Shaw, currently of the POC and the ITU, speaking at a
conference yesterday, they have not been requested.  And, he says, it
does not seem likely that the US government will make up their mind
what to do about this any thime soon.

> Again - I'm really sorry to bother you with these simple questions (which,
> in practice, are really though ones, me thinks).

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