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Aye, any attempt at retirement would quickly result in a new '.io' gTLD replacing the '.io' ccTLD. The more reasonable concern is not that the ccTLD is retired,
by jml7c5 7y ago
Aye, any attempt at retirement would quickly result in a new '.io' gTLD replacing the '.io' ccTLD. The more reasonable concern is not that the ccTLD is retired, but that registration rules and/or prices are changed.
- zozbot234 7y agoI doubt that .io could become a gTLD, given the established practice of using ISO 3166 alpha-2 codes for country-specific domain names. A .io gTLD would be dependent on obtaining some sort of long-term reservation for IO in ISO 3166 and perhaps even in existing standards that extend it, and this is unlikely to be granted given how tight the alpha-2 encoding space is already.
- reaperducer 7y agoThey could just stop allowing new .io registrations until we begin colonizing Jupiter.
- Ayesh 7y agoBut it's run governed by ICANN, so they might bend your way if you got the $$$, and millions of it.
- axaxs 7y agoThe gtld program requires TLDs be at least 3 characters long.
- jml7c5 7y agoI wasn't aware of that! Well, my mistake; retirement is a real concern after all.
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