Howdy joelpt,
I will start with questions I can answer.
The site that has all the information is the Bahamas
Network Information Centre (BSNIC) website.
http://www.cob.edu.bs/BSDomain/
- c. If NO.BS were to become available, where could I
register it? Pointers on the Net seem to indicate
that http://www.nic.bs should let me do so, however
that site is apparently dead.
Go to: http://www.cob.edu.bs/BSDomain/ and click on
the "Register a Domain" link on the left side (do not
use the Register link at the top as it is broken)
and you should be prompted to download a file named:
RegTemplate.dot
You will have to rename it to a .doc file name such
as RegTemplate.doc in order to open it with a program
such as WordPad or Word.
Fill in the form and send it to:
Management Information Services
The College of The Bahamas
P.O. Box N4912
Nassau, Bahamas
The application may also be e-mailed to:
bsadmin@cob.edu.bs
- d. How much would it cost to register NO.BS?
Go to http://www.cob.edu.bs/BSDomain/ and click on
the Registration Fees link on the left side.
Bahamian entities (individuals, companies organisations,
educational institutions)
2nd level domain (e.g., name.bs)
Registration & Name Change
$500.00 per domain name (includes two years' maintenance)
Maintenance
$100 per year per domain name (beginning with the 3rd year)
Foreign entities (individuals, companies, organisations,
educational institutions)
2nd level domain (e.g., name.bs)
Registration & Name Change
$500.00 per domain name (includes two years' maintenance)
Maintenance
$100 per year per domain name
Here is further contact information for you from the
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority website.
http://www.iana.org/root-whois/bs.htm
.bs - Bahamas
Sponsoring Organization:
The College of the Bahamas
Computer Center
Thompson Blvd.
P.O. Box N4912
Nassua, New Providence
Bahamas
Administrative Contact:
Director, MIS - Gurth Ford
The College of the Bahamas
Management Information Services
Thompson Blvd.
P.O. Box N 4912
Nassau, New Providence
Bahamas
Email: bsadmin@cob.edu.bs
Voice: +1 242 302 4350
Fax: +1 242 326 7834
Technical Contact:
Felix G. Ramos
University of Puerto Rico
Central Administration
Information Systems Office
P.O. Box 364984
San Juan 00936-4984
Puerto Rico
Email: f_ramos@upr1.upr.clu.edu
Voice: +1 787 250 0000 Ext. 5454
Fax: +1 787 763 6760
From the http://www.cob.edu.bs/BSDomain/ Contact Us link
on the left side of the page.
Administration, Technical, and Billing questions should
be sent to:
BSNIC
Management Information Services
The College of The Bahamas
P.O. Box N-4912
Nassau, N.P., Bahamas
Fax: 1 (242) 356-0241
E-mail: BSadmin@cob.edu.bs
The other two questions might be hard to get answers to
as the Bahamas registrar's privacy policy might be tough.
I do not see why they couldn't give someone the expiration
date for the domain name, but they might be lots pickier
on giving out ownership information. The main reason that
it is not easy to find the ownership/expiration information,
as you have found out, is that they do not seem to be running
any kind of NIC that can be easily queried. I would be more
than happy to email the Burmuda adminstrator with the inquiries
if you want. Normally I would call with such questions, as it
is easier to get such information conversationally, but in this
case, it would be long distance, etc.
For whatever it is worth, to try to track down more information
on the "nobsindex@munroe.net" email address, I called the business
phone number that is associated with munroe.net and got a "we are
not in at this time" recording.
Registrant:
Munroe Computing Network (MUNROE5-DOM)
4762 Creekside Drive
Bellaire, MI 49615 US
Domain Name: MUNROE.NET
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Munroe II, David (DRM2) david@MUNROE.NET
Lammy Corp.
4762 Creekside Drive
Bellaire, MI 49615 US
212-995-0055 425-790-4440
If you need any clarification, or want me to email the
Bermuda .bs administrator, feel free to ask.
Search Strategy:
Used prior knowledge of the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) which then lead me to the website of
http://www.cob.edu.bs and they had a link at the bottom
of the page to the Bahamas Network Information Centre
(BSNIC) pages.
Looking Forward, denco-ga |
