[ga] [DOMAIN POLICY] The Wait Continues For New Top-Level Domains (InternetNews.com)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

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NeuLevel Inc., which has been appointed the exclusive registry 
operator for the .BIZ top-level domain (TLD) by the Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Thursday said 
that the .BIZ Registry will not go live until Wednesday, Nov. 7. The 
new TLD was previously scheduled to become effective on Oct. 23. 

The .BIZ TLD is the second of seven new TLDs to be added to the 
current system, which includes domains like .ORG, .NET, .EDU and the 
ever popular .COM as well as several country codes. The first new 
domain names, .INFO, went live this past summer but the rollout 
wasn't nearly as smooth as had been expected with the official .INFO 
registry, Afilias, needing to enlist the help of the World 
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to resolve disputes. 

"NeuLevel is taking extra care to ensure our systems will support the 
early go-live demand," said Doug Armentrout, CEO of NeuLevel, 
Inc. "Due to the significant recent market demand for the new TLDs, 
including .BIZ, we concluded that we needed extra time to test our 
systems in conjunction with our registrar channel partners. We are 
determined to turn up our live registry service with a system that 
can accept the market's demand, regardless of the amount of traffic 
generated." 

The new postponement represents the second delay for the .BIZ 
domains. Neulevel originally planned to rollout the TLD on Oct. 1 but 
pushed it back to Oct. 23 due to the business disruptions that 
followed the events of Sept. 11. 

The other new domains scheduled to be implemented by ICANN 
are: .name, .pro, .aero, .museum and .coop. 

Separately, ICANN on Thursday announced the appointment of the Museum 
Domain Management Association (MuseDoma) to oversee the operation of 
the .MUSEUM top-level domain. So, watch out MOMA!
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