ccTLD Public hearing on .no domains

[ThreeD]

In about 2 months time there will be a hearing about the current status of the norwegian domain registration process. As of now only corporations registered in norway can register .no domains. The hearing will decide wether the .no domain will be made available to everybody and what restrictions that may bring with it.

Will you grab .no domains if they are made available to the world?

 

[Kate]

I have domain in most European ccTLDs so .no would be a welcome addition

 

[youdiezst]

I would try and register some if possible

 

[Gerrit]

Since I have a special interest in Norway I would consider it if the prices aren't too high.

BTW why do all nordic countries except Denmark have those restrictions? Even the Faroe Islands and Iceland have a local address required policy, when the population of both countries combined isn't even half a million. You'd expect that opening their ccTLD to anyone is a better way to gain some money from it?

 

[Kate]

BTW why do all nordic countries except Denmark have those restrictions? Even the Faroe Islands and Iceland have a local address required policy, when the population of both countries combined isn't even half a million. You'd expect that opening their ccTLD to anyone is a better way to gain some money from it?

Sweden: open to EU entities I think
Finland: restricted
Faroe: I'm not 100% up to date on it
Iceland: local admin contact no longer necessary, effectively it's now an open TLD

But in Europe it is common for registries to be run by non-profit bodies. Even though many European extensions are now open, the local registries don't feel the urge to pimp their TLD to the outside world like .me.
They would rather promote the extension to the locals.

 

[ThreeD]

sdsinc pretty much said it all. I know .is (Iceland) is an open tld and they're only about $60 a year I think.

The .no domains cost around $20 a year, which isn't all that bad.

I think .se is open to everybody by now.

 

[Jaco]

BTW why do all nordic countries except Denmark have those restrictions? Even the Faroe Islands and Iceland have a local address required policy, when the population of both countries combined isn't even half a million. You'd expect that opening their ccTLD to anyone is a better way to gain some money from it?

I'm guessing they don't want their ccTLD's hijacked by domain speculators and particularly, foreign domain speculators. I can actually understand this. As far as 'gaining money', we're talking about Norway here. They aren't exactly living in huts and eating dung. Whatever financial benefit that might be had by letting a bunch of domainers light money on fire by registering .no names they'll never use or resell is outweighed by the drag caused on productivity by allowing those people into the system in the first place. I'm pretty sure that if Postel knew what the internet would eventually become, the c/n/o registration requirements would be much, much different.

 

[ThreeD]

I like your signature Dongsman

Oh and congrats with post #1000!

 

[Gerrit]

Well, .IS used to be very restricted. Incredible what an economical crisis can do. They suddenly want to be EU members as well, while previously they always kept the door closed themselves.

In terms of Nordic ccTLDs: .gl is open to anyone as well, although they're not cheap and to even change the DNS records requires a cost I believe.

 

[DragonADR]

Nordic Domains are pretty interesting, as they all speak English. Scandinavian Countries are actually, slowly, opening up their restrictions.
.se is free to register, .is too.

 

[DU]

oh.no god.no please.no nono.no !

 

[Pichichi]

as far as i understood the public hearing is about the possibility that individuals can register domains and not only the companies... am i right? if yes, i suppose that it will be restricted to noruegan citizens only, isnt it?

 

[Gerrit]

So .se, .dk and .is (and .gl if you include it in the Nordics) are now open to anyone? What about .fi?

It would be quite ironic if .fo, the ones with the smallest target audience locally, would be the last Nordic extention to stick to their local presence requirements.

 

[Pichichi]

.se, .dk and .is are already open. .fi and .no are not yet. .no seems to be a possibility of changing such request. I didnt hear yet any news about .fi.

 

[ThreeD]

as far as i understood the public hearing is about the possibility that individuals can register domains and not only the companies...

That is correct

if yes, i suppose that it will be restricted to noruegan citizens only, isnt it?

That has not been decided yet! Hopefully we'll know more soon.

 

[Pichichi]

oks... lets wait about the final decission, althought i personally do hope that it is open to non-noruegan citizens

 

[nothere]

oh.no god.no please.no nono.no !

You are very negative.
I say yes.no

 

[Animator]

.NET = NO in russia

 

[Coopey]

So .se, .dk and .is (and .gl if you include it in the Nordics) are now open to anyone? What about .fi?

It would be quite ironic if .fo, the ones with the smallest target audience locally, would be the last Nordic extention to stick to their local presence requirements.

.se, .is, .dk, .gl = open
.fi, .ax, .no, .fo = restricted (so is .ee if you count that as Nordic)
.sj = not open at all

I would most certainly register a few .no domains given the chance. A trio of Danish .dks I owned more than paid for themselves before I sold then a year ago. Established ccTLDs, like the European ones, with strong local presence are a good bet.

Do you have a link to your source ThreeD? I had a glimpse at Norid's site but no luck.

 

[Kate]

.ee restrictions have recently been relaxed, local admin contact needed.