12-19-2010, 06:26 AM
Gaudy,
For the time being if you are concerned about the status of the .AN registry I would try contacting IANA. They're more informative about the situation and what the process is for domains that may or may not be phased out. They probably actually have an article on their website about it.
As for trying to register one it's highly unlikely you'll be able to satisfy their requirements. Unfortunately a lot of these ccTLD's are rather strict. Another thing to remember is that if you want to get a random person from this area to help you out. you'll have to greatly trust him. You never know where the situation will take you and that could mean losing your website or getting caught and getting your site disabled due to breaking the ToS. From what it sounds like, not a lot of people use the .AN namespace so it wouldn't be hard to detect what was going on by the registrar.
Not to mention, who the hell wants to pay large amounts for this? Ha
For the time being if you are concerned about the status of the .AN registry I would try contacting IANA. They're more informative about the situation and what the process is for domains that may or may not be phased out. They probably actually have an article on their website about it.
As for trying to register one it's highly unlikely you'll be able to satisfy their requirements. Unfortunately a lot of these ccTLD's are rather strict. Another thing to remember is that if you want to get a random person from this area to help you out. you'll have to greatly trust him. You never know where the situation will take you and that could mean losing your website or getting caught and getting your site disabled due to breaking the ToS. From what it sounds like, not a lot of people use the .AN namespace so it wouldn't be hard to detect what was going on by the registrar.
Not to mention, who the hell wants to pay large amounts for this? Ha