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The oldest domain is still going strong http://nordu.net http://nordu.net NORDUnet is a collaboration between the National Research and Education Networks (NRE

The oldest domain is still going strong http://nordu.net http://nordu.net NORDUnet is a collaboration between the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) of the five Nordic countries; Denmark (DeIC), Iceland (RHnet), Norway (UNINETT), Sweden (SUNET), and Finland (Funet). The Nordic region (five countries and three autonomous areas) has a population of 25 million, 9 official languages, and a strong tradition of collaboration. Together, the countries form the world’s 11th largest economy. NORDUnet was founded in 1985 as a result of the NORDUNET programme and is jointly owned by the five Nordic countries. Each of the Nordic NRENs has a seat on the board and share the base costs according to the country GDP. NORDUnet operates a world-class network and e-infrastructure service for the Nordic R&E community. The five NRENs develop and operate the national research network infrastructures, connecting more than 400 research & education institutions with more than 1.2 million users.

pishpash 8y ago
.net (and .org) used to have more cachet, interesting how these things evolve.
- walshemj 8y ago
  .net defiantly as it was originally only for players in the industry .org was always more open.
- ianmcgowan 8y ago
  .edu also. I remember when having .com in your email was looked down on. Back when getting email (via UUCP) was more exciting than getting a letter in the mail. My first domain registered was "Creation Date: 1994-06-01T04:00:00Z", and it was a total pain in the ass, involving certified letters and other nonsense.
- Infernal 8y ago
  Hmm is that really true? According to this list the 100th .com domain was registered in November 1987, while it took .org and .net until May 1991 and April 1993, respectively, to reach their 100th registrations. It seems there was much more demand for .com right off the bat. EDIT: I assumed these were all open to anyone as they are today, thereby the number of .coms indicated higher demand/desirability. Seems that .net (and maybe .org as well) used to be restricted, which is what led to their slower pace of registrations. Makes more sense in that context.
Sharlin 8y ago
As a Nordic person whose ISP for several years was NORDUnet (via the university I studied at) I had no idea that they have the oldest .net domain in existence. Pretty cool.
jesper_br 8y ago
Well NORDUnet has been first with a lot of things, like the first DNS server outside the US, and the first IP router in Europe see: https://www.nordu.net/content/history-nordunet https://www.nordu.net/content/history-nordunet.

pishpash 8y ago

.net (and .org) used to have more cachet, interesting how these things evolve.

walshemj 8y ago
.net defiantly as it was originally only for players in the industry .org was always more open.
ianmcgowan 8y ago
.edu also. I remember when having .com in your email was looked down on. Back when getting email (via UUCP) was more exciting than getting a letter in the mail. My first domain registered was "Creation Date: 1994-06-01T04:00:00Z", and it was a total pain in the ass, involving certified letters and other nonsense.
Infernal 8y ago
Hmm is that really true? According to this list the 100th .com domain was registered in November 1987, while it took .org and .net until May 1991 and April 1993, respectively, to reach their 100th registrations. It seems there was much more demand for .com right off the bat. EDIT: I assumed these were all open to anyone as they are today, thereby the number of .coms indicated higher demand/desirability. Seems that .net (and maybe .org as well) used to be restricted, which is what led to their slower pace of registrations. Makes more sense in that context.

Sharlin 8y ago

As a Nordic person whose ISP for several years was NORDUnet (via the university I studied at) I had no idea that they have the oldest .net domain in existence. Pretty cool.

jesper_br 8y ago

Well NORDUnet has been first with a lot of things, like the first DNS server outside the US, and the first IP router in Europe see: https://www.nordu.net/content/history-nordunet https://www.nordu.net/content/history-nordunet.