While the existing registrants will not loose the right to their domain
there are two dates and different implications for each.
Existing registrants have until effective operaitonal date (November 1) to
preregister their domain name, request an upgrade of a 3rd or 4th level
domain. After November 1 the domain name will be made inactive. The
registrant still has 30 days after the effective operational date to
preregister the domain name. However during this extra 30 days their domain
name will have been made inactive and they will be charged a late fee.
I hope this clarifies some of these issues.
Jacqui Cook
Director New Product Initiatives
Tucows
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer
Sent: September 10, 2000 9:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CA domains
>What should we tell our customers? Is it realistic to tell them "Don't
>worry about September 18th -- we should be active by then?"
Just my understanding of the situation. Quoted from the CIRA site.
"Pre-registration for existing domain names _BEGINS_ - September 18"
"Grace period for existing .ca domain names _ENDS_ - December 1"
This says to me that we only need to WORRY about the Dec 1 date. But yes
it would be nice to be ready for Sep 18, but if we're not, you're customer
won't LOSE his domain name.
Jennifer
