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xfalmp · 10-28-2005, 10:24 AM

Zipa Gains Nearly 1 Million Sites As It Weathers Katrina

The past two months have been an extraordinary time for the InterCosmos Group, which operates a network of Internet companies in New Orleans. The company's colocation and hosting unit, Zipa, gained 990,000 hostnames between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15, capping a year of strong hostname growth. The huge gain appears to have come almost entirely from the registration of new domains that are now parked at Zipa, which added just 15,000 active sites on the month.

The company gained widespread notice during Hurricane Katrina, when its staff labored to keep its operations online as the city was battered and flooded. InterCosmos' domain registrar business, DirectNIC, is housed on the 10th and 11th floors of a 27-floor office tower near Lafayette Square, a portion of New Orleans that escaped the worst of the flooding. Employees live-blogged their efforts and posted photos of the storm's impact on the DirectNIC facility. An on-site webcam broadcast video of looting on surrounding streets.

DirectNIC is the world's 11th-largest registrar, with more than 1.1 million domains registered. In 2003 Intercosmos paid just $250,000 to acquire a finished Enron Corp. data center in a bankruptcy sale. The 6,600 square foot New Orleans facility now hosues the shared hosting and colocation operations of Zipa.com.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/20...k atrina.html

MikeyFingaz · 10-28-2005, 10:26 AM

i remember that... i thought to myself that that was a kick ass group of people down there sticking in thru that shit... big fuckin thumbs up to em

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Phoenix · 10-28-2005, 10:42 AM

yeah it was cool to read their blog..i tuned in daily

WiredGuy · 10-28-2005, 11:13 AM

What exactly attributed for the huge boost in sales like this?
WG

Machete_ · 10-28-2005, 11:20 AM

they deserve every $$they make

Phoenix · 10-28-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

What exactly attributed for the huge boost in sales like this?
WG

the exposure...and the fact that everyone now knows they are serious about keeping the biz running

Sosa · 10-28-2005, 11:35 AM

congrats to them

pradaboy · 10-28-2005, 12:02 PM

That's not too shabby at all

xfalmp · 10-28-2005, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

What exactly attributed for the huge boost in sales like this?
WG

That's a rethorical question? ;)

GeorgeK · 10-28-2005, 01:34 PM

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

Theo · 10-28-2005, 01:37 PM

their support now is a pure joke.

Manowar · 10-28-2005, 01:38 PM

haha nice

pornguy · 10-28-2005, 01:39 PM

Man I had no idea they had grown that much.

hydro · 10-28-2005, 01:42 PM

they deserve it imo

xfalmp · 10-28-2005, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeK

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

Now that's interesting.

Furious_Male · 10-28-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeK

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

No shit. What an advantage that gives a business.

Translation · 10-28-2005, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeK

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

wow, somebody on gfy that knows the real deal.

Translation · 10-28-2005, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeK

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

meant to ask you. does that mean registrars don't have to pay for domains unless they keep them past the 5 day grace period?

Shoehorn! · 10-28-2005, 03:45 PM

Good for them, they deserve it.

Quickdraw · 10-28-2005, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Translation

meant to ask you. does that mean registrars don't have to pay for domains unless they keep them past the 5 day grace period?

gnso.icann.org/issues/deletes/report-final-17jun03.shtml

Quote:

...registries generally provide registrars with a 5 day Add Grace Period in which a name registered in error can be deleted, causing a full credit for the domain's registration to be provided to the registrar

adultchica · 11-04-2005, 01:31 PM

Does Directnic host adult sites? :-)

Sarah_Jayne · 11-04-2005, 01:47 PM

When people that knew nothing about domains were mentioning Directnic to me I figured things were going okay.

Doctor Dre · 11-04-2005, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

What exactly attributed for the huge boost in sales like this?
WG

They were all over the news ... and they prooved they were gonna be stable through everything ;)

Doctor Dre · 11-04-2005, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeK

Those likely aren't long-term real domains. Directnic (and a few other registrars) have been playing a game of registering hundreds of thousands of domains daily, testing them for traffic, and then deleting 99.9% of the domains that don't get traffic within the initial 5-day deletion grace period.

You can see this at http://www.dailychanges.com/ if you check back for 5 days in a row.

Jeez that explains why the domains my friend searched for were registered the next day, then droped just after

Doctor Dre · 11-04-2005, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soul_Rebel

their support now is a pure joke.

Give it some time ... I'm sure they are hiring all day all night

Doctor Dre · 11-04-2005, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quickdraw

gnso.icann.org/issues/deletes/report-final-17jun03.shtml

I'm sure they didn't thought about that when they made that rule... we can say bye bye to new good typeins domains

chipmunk · 11-04-2005, 03:37 PM

Hats off to those Guys!!!
RoX On Mike and Crew!

-=Chipmunk=-

10-28-2005, 10:24 AM	#1
xfalmp Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 1,474	Remember those DirectNIC guys who stayed on NO? They're cashing now... :) Zipa Gains Nearly 1 Million Sites As It Weathers Katrina The past two months have been an extraordinary time for the InterCosmos Group, which operates a network of Internet companies in New Orleans. The company's colocation and hosting unit, Zipa, gained 990,000 hostnames between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15, capping a year of strong hostname growth. The huge gain appears to have come almost entirely from the registration of new domains that are now parked at Zipa, which added just 15,000 active sites on the month. The company gained widespread notice during Hurricane Katrina, when its staff labored to keep its operations online as the city was battered and flooded. InterCosmos' domain registrar business, DirectNIC, is housed on the 10th and 11th floors of a 27-floor office tower near Lafayette Square, a portion of New Orleans that escaped the worst of the flooding. Employees live-blogged their efforts and posted photos of the storm's impact on the DirectNIC facility. An on-site webcam broadcast video of looting on surrounding streets. DirectNIC is the world's 11th-largest registrar, with more than 1.1 million domains registered. In 2003 Intercosmos paid just $250,000 to acquire a finished Enron Corp. data center in a bankruptcy sale. The 6,600 square foot New Orleans facility now hosues the shared hosting and colocation operations of Zipa.com. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/20...k atrina.html __________________ Trust the "WOW" effect.

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