Businesses Rush for '.eu' Domain Name

Iria · Dec 8, 2005, 03:28 PM

BRUSSELS, Belgium Dec 8, 2005 — European businesses rushed to sign up for the new ".eu" Internet domain name, putting in 100,000 Web site applications by the end of its first day available, the group in charge of registering the requests said Thursday.

Businesses and public bodies were able to sign up for the new European Union Internet address starting Wednesday morning, and they did so with haste.

They filed 40,503 applications within the first 15 minutes of availability hitting a top speed of 60 requests per second according to the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, or EURid, the nonprofit organization in charge of handling requests.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Businesses Rush for '.eu' Domain Name BRUSSELS, Belgium Dec 8, 2005 — European businesses rushed to sign up for the new ".eu" Internet domain name, putting in 100,000 Web site applications by the end of its first day available, the group in charge of registering the requests said Thursday. Businesses and public bodies were able to sign up for the new European Union Internet address starting Wednesday morning, and they did so with haste. They filed 40,503 applications within the first 15 minutes of availability hitting a top speed of 60 requests per second according to the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, or EURid, the nonprofit organization in charge of handling requests. __________ Read More / Source: ABC News