IP: re: .WS???

[David Farber <dfarber () fast net>]

boy, some people do state thing obscurely djf

----- Original Message -----
From: <david.e.young () verizon com>
To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: IP: .WS???


>  FYI-  What the website doesn't mention is that .ws does not really stand
for
> WebSite, but rather Western Samoa.  It is a ccTLD, like .US, .UK, etc.
ICANN
> has not yet introduced new gTLDs, although they likely will early next
year.
> David Young
> Verizon Communications
> Internet & Technology Policy
>
> ==
>
> Root-Zone Whois Information
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> .ws - Samoa (f/k/a Western Samoa)
> Sponsoring organization:
>
> Government of Western Samoa
> Ministry of Foreign Affairs
> P.O. Box 1861
> Apia
> Samoa
> Administrative contact:
>
> Dave Main
> Computer Services Ltd. Samoa
> Lotemau Centre
> Apia
> Western Samoa
> E-mail: Dave () samoa ws
> Voice: +685 20926
> Fax: +685 20932
> Technical contact:
>
> Raymond Hughes
> Computer Services Ltd. Samoa
> Lotemau Centre
> Apia
> Western Samoa
> E-mail: Raymond () samoa ws
> Voice: +685 20926
> Fax: +685 20932
> URL for registration services: www.samoanic.ws
>
> Record last updated - 08-December-99
> Record created - 14-July-95