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Attention Technology Reporters:

New on the Internet in 2002: Dot-Name for People

    OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 28 /CNW/ - People around the globe are now pre-
registering their name on the net in the "landrush" phase of the world's
newest Internet domain registry.
    Internic.ca's sister company, Namescout.com, was accredited in October as
the world's first .name registrar. Both are now accepting pre-registrations
from individuals who wish to "put their name on the net". The first batch of
registrations is to be processed in a matter of weeks, with the first pre-
registered .name domains usable on the Internet when they resolve around
January 15.
    "One of the best new things on the net in the New Year is going to be
dot-name" said Rob Hall, President of Internic.ca. "Until now, people have had
little choice but to compete with businesses and governments and other
organizations for dot-com, dot-biz and other Internet names. Over 40 million
people and organizations around the world have registered domain addresses of
one sort or another, and that number is growing rapidly as Internet use
continues to explode. But dot-name is different - it is the first domain and
e-mail address designed exclusively for individuals."
    Moreover, with .name registrations, people gain an e-mail address that
they can forward to whatever work or home address they wish. "Think of it - an
e-mail address you can use for life, and which is as easy for friends and
family to remember as your name," said Hall.

    Pre-registrations for .name are now available online at www.internic.ca.

    Internic.ca and Namescout.com have been at the forefront of Internet
development since the earliest days. Namescout.com was recently accredited as
the world's first registrar for the brand-new dot-name domain, and has just
been provisionally accredited by the Australian Domain Authority (auDA) as one
of Australia's first wave of new dot-au registrars. Internic.ca was Canada's
first dot-ca accredited registrar and is now Canada's leading dot-ca
registrar. President and CEO Rob Hall was a leader in the two-year process of
creating Canada's new Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), and
served as CIRA's founding Chair. Internic.ca and Namescout.com are owned by
Momentous.ca of Ottawa, Canada, and serve customers around the globe from
offices in North America, Australia and the Caribbean. Today, they are the
world's only registrar group simultaneously accredited by ICANN, CIRA, auDA
and the Global Name Registry.

For further information: or to arrange a media interview, please call 
Lisa McAdam at (613) 715-3544 or e-mail her at lisa@internic.ca