.SU - current situation

[wasistdas]

ccTLD .SU stands for Soviet Union - the country that exists no more since 1991. But the ccTLD remains alive. RU-CENTER, who manages .RU domains also does .SU. A couple of years ago they started registering .SU domains again. But he price is quite epxensive - 100 USD per year. Thanking to the price there are lots of nice names available. Some Russian registrars offer .SU registration at 95 USD/year.

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[Kate]

Well I am wondering how long .SU will last. I thought that as a transitional mesure existing .su names would be migrated to .ru even if it takes several years.

 

[wasistdas]

Nope. .SU is already delegetaed and there are too many sites in .su which cannot be easily migrated to .ru. ICANN has nothing to do with that - .SU is managed ok and has no prob. And .su is managerd by the same authorised ICANN state organization as .ru

 

[Kate]

That's fun because the Soviet Union reminds me of a bygone age. I thought they had plans to scrap .su in the long run.
Interestingly a few countries have already changed their TLD in the past. Examples include:
.zr -> .cd (Congo - Zaire) or .tp -> .tl (Timor Leste)

 

[domainprince]

Nope. .SU is already delegetaed and there are too many sites in .su which cannot be easily migrated to .ru. ICANN has nothing to do with that - .SU is managed ok and has no prob. And .su is managerd by the same authorised ICANN state organization as .ru

Never encountered a .su name before. Can you give me at least one example?
And why they revive .su registration since the Soviet Union no longer exists?

 

[wasistdas]

domainprince - Why not if cctld already exists? There are lots used. Try www.business.su

As far as I know there are about 20,000 .SU names registered