Re: Iraqi Internet communications still working 3/21/03

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>]

At 07:24 PM 21-03-03 -0500, Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:

I think Infocom and the Elashi's have other problems right now:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Southwest/12/18/hamas.arrests/
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/terror/local/1064146

-Hank


> > And to answer the question, no I don't know why the .IQ top-level domain
> > is registered in Richardson Texas, nor do I know why the official state
> > provider uses .NET and .COM instead of .iq.
>
> That is who the IANA delegation was made to:
>
> The SO for the .IQ delegation is (as of 13 Oct '02)
>
> Alani Corp.
> c/o InfoCom
> 630 International Parkway
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Saud Alani
> Alani Corporation
> c/o InfoCom
> 630 International Parkway
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
> Email: alani () mynet net
> Voice: +964 1 556 4753
> Fax: +1 972 644 8609
>
> Technical Contact:
> Bayan Elashi
> InfoCom Corporation
> 630 International Parkway
> Suit 100
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
> Email: bayan () infocomusa com
> Voice: +1 972 644 5363
> Fax: +1 972 644 8609
>
> There is no URL for registration services.
>
> I wrote alani () mynet net, bayan () infocomusa com on 06.02.03, asking about
> registration (I'm an ICANN accredited registrar, whoop-de-doo, looking
> at ccTLDs, but mostly as a co-author of the EPP spec and as an implementor
> looking for guinea pigs er field trials).
> ...
> Anyone interested in getting the .IQ registry operational, so it can be
> transfered to a _responsible_ sponsoring org with a non-lame operator
> after the current moment of scheduled down-time is transited? If so,
> drop me a note.
>
> Eric
>
> [1] http://www.icann.org/general/pn-report-11feb00.htm