[174565] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Scotland ccTLD?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John McCormac)
Thu Sep 18 20:00:20 2014
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:34:57 +0100
From: John McCormac <jmcc@hosterstats.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 16/09/2014 16:26, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> What kind of timeframe would a new ccTLD for a major country roll out on?
The main issue wouldn't be the timeframe for a rollout of a Scottish
ccTLD but rather the disengagement from the .UK ccTLD. The legislative
part will take time and there might also be an issue about the contract
to operate the registry being put out to tender. It might definitely be
a question of months and these things can drag on.
In the event of a Yes vote in the independence referendum, most of
Scotland's domain name footprint will still be .UK orientated. That
would be very slow to change and the new ccTLD would begin to operate in
parallel with that. That .SCOT gTLD could end up being very lucky as it
might just fill a niche in a market where there is no serious
competition from a local official ccTLD.
Regards...jmcc
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