Personal IE Domain Names
Comments (0) | Posted on: 15.10.2007. 18:33
I just received an email newsletter from Digiweb, saying that they are opening the registration in advance for personal IE Domain names registration. Starting 31st October 2007, Domain Registry of Ireland (IEDR) will allow registration for personal domain names, as before this, only company which registered in Ireland can register dot IE ccTLD. Although you can skip from sending your company details to register dot IE like last time, you still have to provide proof of name and address by sending them your bank statement or your utility bills.
As usual, IEDR have imposed a strict guidelines on the domain names selection. I have tried to access the IEDR official website to check on the guideline from link that I received from Digiweb but currently it seems their website is currently down. This is kinda embarrassing for an on line operated government website to go down although it is not uncommon to occur here in Ireland. Anyway, feel free to check on the full guide on personal .IE domains names from IEDR (if you are lucky enough to get through).
ICANN registration fees increase for generic TLD
Comments (0) | Posted on: 30.09.2007. 00:04
Thank to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), generic TLD registrants will be facing an increase in registry fees for the '.COM', '.NET', '.ORG', '.INFO' and '.BIZ' domain names. If you are thinking of renewing your domain names, now is probably the best time to do it. This new registration fees which will be effective starting on the 14th of October 2008 show an increase of more than double for '.COM' and 180% increase for '.NET'. Although ICANN decided to decrease the price fees for the other generic TLDs from $0.20 cent to $0.15 cent, this latest increase definitely have a huge impact to people who involve in domain names trading.
NEW REGISTRY FEES
(per domain, per year)
.COM - $0.43 (10/14/07)
.NET - $0.36 (10/14/07)
.INFO - $0.15 (10/14/07)
.ORG - $0.15 (10/17/07)
.BIZ - $1.15 (10/18/07)
Second ccTLD for '.my' is up for grab
Comments (0) | Posted on: 23.09.2007. 22:46
Malaysian Network Information Centre (MYNIC) is (re)launching MY second level domain name service on March 2008 for public. This (re)introduction of second level Country Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) is resulted from the liaison with the public. So now, instead of having your domain name with '.com.my' you can obtain a shorter (and theoretically more memorable) domain name such as fuse.my
MYNIC will start off with Priority Entry registration period for the people who owned the third top-level domain (3TLD) such as '.com.my' , '.net.my' , '.org.my' and '.name.my' to get their hand on the second TLD. So, if you own let's say fuse.com.my, you are qualified to register the equivalent second level domain name which is fuse.my. The Priority Entry period from 9am, 1st November 2007 till 5pm, 31st December 2007. After that, the registration for the second level domain names will be available to the public on March 2008 with the starting price of RM120.00.
Updates on Irish Broadband
Comments (0) | Posted on: 21.08.2007. 15:27
As promised, the technician did came yesterday at half past noon to install the antenna for Fixed Wireless Irish Broadband. The process took about an hour and during the installation process, the technician did show me the signals received is around 25 (above 20 is good for stable signals).
After the installation, we tested the speed and it goes more than 1.9MB per second for both upload and download speed. Last night, I tested the download rate by downloading a 100MB file from Rapidshare and the download speed was a whooping 250kb per second!. Even using Digiweb Metro 3MB, the fastest download rate I've ever experience was only 120KB per second. It is time to put my Digiweb Metro Broadband on the chopping block.
Getting an Irish Broadband in Cork
Comments (0) | Posted on: 18.08.2007. 00:45
It was just yesterday night at 2:00 a.m., I signed up for Irish Broadband (IBB) Fixed Wireless Breeze 2MB package for €35.99 a month. The latest poll on boards.ie for Broadband Services Provider has give the assertion for me to choose IBB for my next broadband service especially when I discovered fellow Cork lads giving positive reviews on IBB fixed wireless services here in Cork city. Most of the bad reviews I read were actually referring to the Irish Broadband Ripwave slower-than-a-dial-up-not-so-broadband-in-a-box rubbish.
After signing up, I was informed by the auto-generated email that I will be contacted within 3 weeks for the installation of the antenna and the modem which is quite a standard waiting period for the wireless broadband installation. I was quite surprised to receive a call today from IBB regarding the broadband installation and we have agreed that the technician will be coming on Monday, 20th of August 2007 to install the broadband. So far, it has been a ‘breeze’ experience with IBB and I do hope that their excellence in pre-sales support go beyond the after sales support and more importantly the broadband speed and reliability. I will keep you guys posted with more updates next week.
