Will The “.io” Domain Cease To Exist?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Lots of tech/geek-oriented sites have been registering domains in the
“.io” top-level country domain (ccTLD). This represents the British
Indian Ocean Territory. Trouble is, as Britain hands over the Chagos
Islands to Mauritius, this Territory will no longer exist. And the
usual consequence of this is that the corresponding ccTLD is deleted
as well.

<https://www.computerworld.com/article/3552692/is-the-io-top-level-domain-headed-for-extinction.html>

[Marco Moock]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Lots of tech/geek-oriented sites have been registering domains in the
“.io” top-level country domain (ccTLD). This represents the British
Indian Ocean Territory. Trouble is, as Britain hands over the Chagos
Islands to Mauritius, this Territory will no longer exist. And the
usual consequence of this is that the corresponding ccTLD is deleted
as well.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/3552692/is-the-io-top-level-domain-headed-for-extinction.html>

Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if the
state doesn't exist anymore.
If there are people willing to operate the servers and get money for
running the registry, I assume it will continues to exist.

[D]

Post by Marco Moock

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Lots of tech/geek-oriented sites have been registering domains in the
“.io” top-level country domain (ccTLD). This represents the British
Indian Ocean Territory. Trouble is, as Britain hands over the Chagos
Islands to Mauritius, this Territory will no longer exist. And the
usual consequence of this is that the corresponding ccTLD is deleted
as well.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/3552692/is-the-io-top-level-domain-headed-for-extinction.html>

Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if the
state doesn't exist anymore.
If there are people willing to operate the servers and get money for
running the registry, I assume it will continues to exist.

Of course it will not cease to exist. There is loads of money involved so
rest assured that a government, non-profit or for-profit will be able to
snatch the rights to it, and continue to earn money on nothing.

[candycanearter07]

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Post by Marco Moock

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Lots of tech/geek-oriented sites have been registering domains in the
“.io” top-level country domain (ccTLD). This represents the British
Indian Ocean Territory. Trouble is, as Britain hands over the Chagos
Islands to Mauritius, this Territory will no longer exist. And the
usual consequence of this is that the corresponding ccTLD is deleted
as well.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/3552692/is-the-io-top-level-domain-headed-for-extinction.html>

Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if the
state doesn't exist anymore.
If there are people willing to operate the servers and get money for
running the registry, I assume it will continues to exist.

Of course it will not cease to exist. There is loads of money involved so
rest assured that a government, non-profit or for-profit will be able to
snatch the rights to it, and continue to earn money on nothing.
--8323328-1814906170-1728464579=:32311--

Yeah, there are way too many popular sites and tech things hosted on .io
for it to be shut down.

[Theo]

Post by D
Of course it will not cease to exist. There is loads of money involved so
rest assured that a government, non-profit or for-profit will be able to
snatch the rights to it, and continue to earn money on nothing.

Simple solution. Mauritius declares the islands the Mauritius Indian Ocean
Territory with the ISO 3166 country code IO. They are happy because the .io
domain revenue goes to them, and everyone with a .io domain is happy. The
only one unhappy is the shady guy who happens to get the .io revenue today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io

That works for things like the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (ISO code
TF, TLD .tf), permanent population 0.

Theo

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Post by Marco Moock
Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if the
state doesn't exist anymore.

I don’t think there is anything registered under .su any more. .cs (the
former Czechoslovakia) and .yu (ditto Yugoslavia) both seem to have
completely disappeared.

[Andy Burns]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Post by Marco Moock
Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if the
state doesn't exist anymore.

I don’t think there is anything registered under .su any more.

google disagrees

<https://google.com/search?q=site%3Asu>

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Post by Marco Moock
Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if
the state doesn't exist anymore.

I don’t think there is anything registered under .su any more.

google disagrees

One out of three, eh?

[Marco Moock]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Post by Marco Moock
Think about other domains like .su - they also still exist, even if
the state doesn't exist anymore.

I don’t think there is anything registered under .su any more.

This TLD still exists and new domains can be registered.
https://www.reg.ru/domain/new/SU

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
.cs (the former Czechoslovakia) and .yu (ditto Yugoslavia) both seem
to have completely disappeared.

They seem to be dead because no NS records exists for it.
Same applies for dd (GDR, but I dunno if that was ever in use).