.bv ccTLD

Sat Dec 4 02:06:52 UTC 2021

----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Conrad" <drc at virtualized.org>

> 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).

The ISO 3166 secretariat, yes.

>> 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.

True.

>> 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...

Oh, there's a *formal* 50 year timer?  Apologies, I'd missed that one.

Yeah, as crappy as it will be for them to not have that 3166 code, you're probably
right that it won't happen.

Cheers,
-- jra
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