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Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting

gavint writes "In the first 12 hours since "Landrush" registration of .eu Domains begun at 11:00 CET, over 1 million have been registered. Predictions of .eu becoming the second biggest domain after .com look like they may become true, with Nominet being responsible for "over four million" .uk domains, the second biggest namespace. The UK initially led the way during Landrush but have since been overtaken by Germany, with over a quarter of all registered domains. Meanwhile many "Sunrise" period applications where businesses are able to protect domains where they hold a prior right remain unprocessed, although these domains cannot be registered yet during Landrush. Over 1,000 registration agents were only allowed one connection each to EURid's servers in order to prevent problems and ensure fairness."

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  1. w0w by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    in other news.. i just took a shit that looks like Strom Thurmond

    1. Re:w0w by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Really? Mine looks like Cynthia McKinney. Wanna trade?

  2. Re:big in GB... by Wellington+Grey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    people are becoming more accepting of the idea of Britian being considered a part of europe.

    What else would Britian be a part of? I've never understood why the British seem to think themselves completely seperate from Europe.

    -Grey

  3. bollocks to the ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fuck the .eu and their band of unelected corrupt globalising libral fuck wits, and we don't want their stinking domain names either.