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| Introduced | 1997 |
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| Removed | April 20, 2008 |
| TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Changed to unassigned by ICANN action in 2007, since deleted from root zone |
| Registry | United States Minor Outlying Islands Registry |
| Sponsor | University of Southern California(Information Sciences Institute) |
| Intended use | Entities connected with United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| Actual use | For experimental use |
| Registry website | www |
.umwas the Internetcountry codetop-level domainfor theUnited States Minor Outlying Islands.It was administered by the United States Minor Outlying Islands Registry. Until late 2006 USMIR was housed at theUniversity of Southern CaliforniaInformation Sciences Institute(USC-ISI), which was the original administrator of.usprior toNeuStarabsorbing that role.
In January 2007, theInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbersreportedly dropped the.um domain from the master list of domain names[1]in response to the domain's being unused and USC-ISI's desire to divest itself of responsibility for the domain.[2]In November 2007 at the registry website ofnic.uma message stated "Registration is CLOSED at this time. We are only accepting Registrar Accounts." Links to a brief description of each of the individual American islands were also given. In December 2007, registration was opened on an experimental basis with an "Annual Account Maintenance" fee of $1,200 and a $30 annual domain registration.
Since the USC-ISI divested itself of this registry, in late 2006, EP.NET hosted USMIR and continued to administer it. According to the nic.um site at that time, the TLD was no longer affiliated with USC-ISI and had spun off the venture into an independent company, USMIR, which has the same contact information as that of thelimited liability companyEP.net. Accessing the website without the "www"subdomainreturned a copy of the main site forEP.net.
Some.um websites, like 'hotel.um' and 'co.um' appeared after the TLD registry opened; however, as of April 20, 2008, the.um domain has been removed from theDNS root zone.It appears ICANN took the action of removing.um from the root since USC-ISI requested this. Whether USMIR will refund domain owners is not known. According to the revocation report on the IANA website, theU.S. DOChas approved the removal and has also instructed ICANN not to reassign the domain without prior approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Special Meeting of the Board MinutesICANN, January 16, 2007
- ^Jesdanun, Anick (January 24, 2007)."Unused Domain Name for U.S. Isles Gone".NBC News (reprint from the Associated Press).RetrievedMarch 7,2007.
- ^"IANA Report on the Revocation of the.UM Top-Level Domain".iana.org.RetrievedFebruary 7,2019.
External links[edit]
- IANA.um whois information(as of April 21, 2008 ICANN has updated this to reflect the removal from the root zone).
- IANA.um Revocation report