Neustar wins contract to continue operating .Us through 2029.
The U.S. government has extended its contract with Neustar to operate the .Us domain name extension for up to the next ten years, until 2029.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced today that the contract was awarded on June 28. The government does not pay Neustar to run .Us but Neustar collects registration fees from .us registrants.
Neustar has operated the namespace since 2001. As a country code domain with numerous third-level registrations by local government entities, it has added complexities compared to most top level domains.
There are over 2 million .us domains under management.
.Us hasn’t established the foothold that some country code domains, such as .de (Germany) have. That’s because of the U.S.’s early role in the internet. Many people think of .com as the de facto country code of the United States.
Oh – what a surprise.
Well I for one think ten more years of establishment status quo on this is cause for celebration. This interesting blog post reminds me of these great public service items that probably not many American know about or have seen:
“The Propaganda Multiplier: How Western Media Report On Geopolitics”:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-08/propaganda-multiplier-how-western-media-report-geopolitics
Video – “The Propaganda Multiplier: The Truth About Mainstream Media “Sources”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEeKinzLmrQ
They include mention or access to a really great “Multiplier” infographic I highly recommend.
All of which also reminds me of the previous blog post here, “Republicans nuke .GOP domain to take down fundraising rival.” But if anyone thinks the Democratic party would not do the same thing if they felt the “need” are totally dreaming and deluded. And the puppet masters above both of them wouldn’t care what they did or who is in office as long as it’s one of their approved and they get what they want.
Not much hope for .US with Neustar running it.
If you think it’s just Neustar “running it” or that there was ever any “hope” for anything else then you really need to rethink that.
It is a terrible extension, don’t blame the operator.
And everywhere across this great land, grade schools rejoiced!
(Congrats, Team Neustar!)