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Twitter switches from TinyURL to Bit..Ly

I just spotted this morning, that Twitter is now using Bit.Ly as it's URL shortner, rather than TinyUrl.com, I wonder does the extra 5 letters make all the difference, or is there some other reason?

For those interested, ly is Lybia. which runs off the following name servers:

ly nameserver = ns-ly.ripe.net
ly nameserver = auth02.ns.uu.net
ly nameserver = dns1.lttnet.net
ly nameserver = phloem.uoregon.edu
ly nameserver = dns.lttnet.net

auth02.ns.uu.net internet address = 198.6.1.82
dns1.lttnet.net internet address = 62.68.42.9
phloem.uoregon.edu internet address = 128.223.32.35
dns.lttnet.net internet address = 62.240.36.9

Indian Domain Names, price comparison

. .in .co.in .net.in .org.in . EuroDNS 24 € . webcomindia.net/ Rs. 800 Rs. 500 . http://www.cheapdomainnames.co.u £39.99 . indomains.net $19.95 $9.95 $9.95 . http://www.domainz.in Rs. 453 Rs. 362 Rs. 453 Rs. 453 . indialinks.com/ RS 275 RS 250 RS 250 . .netlynx.in $4.99 [1] $4.99[2] [1] USD 12.49 after 1st Year [2] USD 7.49 after 1st Year 250 Indian rupees = 5.09475 U.S. dollars Therefore, for a single year registration, NetLynx is cheapest, for 2 or more years, then use IndiaLinks.com.

.co.at domains price comparison

A few prices for .co.at domains

101domain $49
https://www.sachsenprovider.eu 21.99 EUR
http://www.easyname.eu € 14.9
http://www.united-domains.de 49 eur
http://www.chillydomains.at 23.88 €
http://www.world4you.com € 29,00
innter.net 13.47 Euro

So, at the moment, innter.net is the cheapest. They claim the domain is for free, but
you have to 'buy' a DNS server package for 13.47 euros per year, the year after they charge 15.47 euros.

But still, I guess after 3 years, easyname.eu might be cheaper by a few cents though.

IDN domains in Ireland (.ie)

> I wonder does the IEDR domain registry have any plans to support IDN
> names in Ireland?

IEDR are technically in a position to offer IDN domain registrations
already.  Widespread deployment would require policy development and
some minor systems development work.  This work is not scheduled into
our short term work plans.

Demand for IDN domains in Ireland has been very very low thus far. 
Accordingly, this level of demand has been reflected in our
prioritisation of the IDN work.
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Kind regards

______________________________________________
Billy Glynn
Head of Application Support and Development
Technical Services
IE Domain Registry Ltd

Tel:  +353 (0)1 2365404
Mobile: +353 (0)87 9188317
Email:  billy.glynn@domainregistry.ie
Web:    http://iedr.ie

españa.es

I couldn't believe my luck for a moment, I thought españa.es was still available.

I Checked the IDN, xn--espaa-rta.es, and saw no DNS information, so went to Eurodns,
but got this link

"Whois information for this extension is only available at the registry's website. Use the following link to open the registry's website.

Take me to the registry's website"

then

xn--espaa-rta.es	Dominio no permitido	Seleccionar agente registrador	Consultar normativa

on Red.es.

So close :)

Free domain names, .org.ua and .pp.ua

The Ukrainian NIC are giving away .pp.ua domain names for free, they also say they are giving away .org.ua, but I wasn't able to figure out how to get one.

.com.ua costs buttons at 4.75 USD, but still free is always better :)

(http://nic.ua/eng/index.html)