.bv ccTLD

Sat Dec 4 02:02:20 UTC 2021

Jay,

On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:46 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> In general I could I understand that, but it is my understanding that the domain is still marked reserved at the Secretariat,

Sorry, which secretariat?  As far as I know, the official status of ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 codes is specified by the ISO-3166 Maintenance Agency and listed on the ISO website (the “online browsing platform” output for BV being the URL I provided).

> which is to say they could not have assigned any domains in it yet, even if they were inclined to which we are told they are not.

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes are used for more than TLDs.

> In short, I think this is a possibility not an impossibility or I wouldn't have asked.

“With enough thrust, pigs fly quite well although the landing can be messy.”

However, realistically, I suspect you’d need to get the government of Norway to actively pursue something like transitioning BV from their auspices to anywhere else.  I also suspect the government of Bougainville (which I gather doesn’t yet exist) would need to request the change (and get an exception from the 50 year hold down timer).  I am a bit skeptical...

Regards,
-drc

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