[85092] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Overview: (What If?) ccTLD Delegation Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Wed Oct 5 10:22:55 2005
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:21:14 +0100
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051003221313.CE8B032C015@smtpauth01.csee.siteprotect.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
In article <20051003221313.CE8B032C015@smtpauth01.csee.siteprotect.com>,
Joe Johnson <nanog@sendjoeanemail.com> writes
>So, basically, following the instructions at
>http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm, I
>need to be sure I legally acquire the island from a nation for the
>express purpose of running my own country (the sales agreement says I
>am no longer part of them). After I establish my national government (I
>held an impromptu straw-poll in the office, and we chose "Joetopia" as
>the name of my island nation), I need to petition the UN to be
>recognized as a nation and be listed in their report. After that, I
>automatically get a 2-letter nation code and can petition ICANN for a
>ccTLD of my 2-letter code. I can then choose to run .jt (or whatever
>my ccTLD ends up being) from any place I desire.
You could also try asking the Isle of Man (.im) Guernsey (.gg) and
Jersey (.je) how they managed to get a ccTLD without being an ISO
country. I won't mention .eu, as that will probably start a furore.
--
Roland Perry
