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Iraq
April 10, 2003
Wired: IQ Test for Rebuilding Iraqi Net

From Wired.com:

Even before Saddam Hussein's regime started losing its grip, a London ISP began rallying momentum for a plan to bring pervasive and unfettered Internet access to post-war Iraq.
The grassroots proposal seeks to fund the reconstruction of Iraq's Net infrastructure by selling Internet addresses ending in .iq -- the country-code suffix in Iraq's domain name.
Due to trade sanctions and other issues, no dot-iq domains are currently active. But the charity project's sponsors, which include British ISP Onega, say the domains -- with the country-code suffix that connotes high intelligence -- could be auctioned off to worldwide Internet users for a hefty sum.

IQ Test for Rebuilding Iraq

Posted By bryan at April 10, 2003 09:33 AM | TrackBack
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Dibs on leftieshavealow.iq!

Posted by: apotheosis at April 10, 2003 09:42 AM

Damn, they want to steal their suffix !
This is not some micro-island in the sea or some african country that desperatly needs some cash !

make some .profiteers for them

Posted by: kyotodioxide at April 10, 2003 09:46 AM

Very clever, apotheosis. I even had to think about that for a moment! hehe

Posted by: aj at April 10, 2003 10:14 AM

The .iq domain has a registrar -- though it may be subject to change. The Register had a pretty detailed article on the situation: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30170.html

Posted by: bob at April 10, 2003 11:33 AM

Didn't take 24 hrs for the carpetbaggers to begin hawking snake oil and bogus business scams.

Posted by: feste at April 10, 2003 01:06 PM

Can't wait for democracywhiskeysexy.iq

Posted by: tenbase at April 10, 2003 02:35 PM
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