Saturday, August 24, 2013

101 Domains Domain Information Update ".cx" domains.

Oceanian domains: Christmas Island (.cx)

Important: When entering your search string don't write “www” or the Christmas Island domain type, ie. “cx”. Therefore to search “www.101domains.cx” enter “101domains” and nothing else.

The only letters allowed within a domain name are: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.

Once the domain is registered

All Christmas Island domain names registered with us are stored on our international server. Domains registered with us are automatically provided with their own under-construction page - this notifies potential registrants that the name has been acquired and is now registered. The under-construction page is offered free of charge and may be used indefinitely.

It is possible for Web and/or Mail forwarding to be provided for Christmas Island domains.

Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but 101 Domains make no charge to transfer a domain to another Christmas Island domain name registrar.

Background

.cx is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Christmas Island.

The ccTLD for Christmas Island, meaning the Country Code Top-level Domain, is .cx. Administration of this domain name was originally done by a company set in Australia and the UK, yet economic problems resulted in the voluntary transfer of management to the Christmas Island Internet Administration (CIIA), previously known as Dot CX Limited. CIIA is a community based, non-profit company. They also have the job of providing Internet access to the Island's inhabitants.

Management was transferred by the local government of Christmas Islands though not accepted immediately by the Commonwealth Authority (they have some control over the Christmas Islands, taking some responsibility). Recently a Memorandum of Understanding has been published, declaring that Australia has accepted CIIA as the owner of the .cx domain name.

The Policy for CIIA users are under the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Anybody who had made use of the .cx domain registry by obtaining a domain name, use the hardware, name servers, telecommunications transport, bandwidth, zone files or e-mail routing service can be classified as a CIIA user. The right to modify or update the AUP is reserved by the AUP. If any changed have been made, it will be posted on their website which is given above.

.cx is used for various different types of website, many not being based within the Christmas islands. If you want your domain name to be more specific to the company or organisation, a third-level domain can be used such as 'gov.cx'. No restrictions for the ccTLD are placed in the registration.


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