Intresting.
Could you let me know how you are data mining? I have been using whois.net,
but the data doesn't show as many bq-- names as your stats.
Thanks,
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <baptista@pccf.net>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:50 AM
Subject: FYI - stats on Multiligual domain names
>
> Some time ago people here expressed concerns that there were many
> preregistrations of domains starting with the BQ-- string. Yes - people
> have been registering domains. According to draft-ietf-idn-race-02.txt
> there were no domains starting with the string "BQ--" registered on or
> about August 2000. I obtained a complete list of these domains from the
> whois and can verify that indeed the "BQ--" string has recently
> experienced some popularity.
>
> To date there are 3,072 domain names which use RACE (Row-based ASCII
> Compatible Encoding) for Internationalized Domain Names. The leading
> registrar is INNERWISE with 1,796 registered domains.
>
> 14 DOMAINPEOPLE, INC.
> 161 DOTSTER, INC.
> 1 HANGANG SYSTEMS, INC. D/B/A DOREGI.COM
> 2 IHOLDINGS.COM, INC. D/B/A DOTREGISTRAR.COM
> 1,796 INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
> 158 MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
> 124 NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
> 466 REGISTER.COM, INC.
> 18 SPEEDNAMES, INC.
> 331 TUCOWS.COM, INC.
> =====
> 3,072 TOTAL
>
> regards
> joe
>
> --
> Joe Baptista
>
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