My favorite youtuber has just pointed out that Bougainville will separate formally from Papua New Guinea in 2027, which, surprisingly, is only 5 or 6 years from now. So I looked up .bv, and of course... it's assigned to Bouvet Island, an uninhabited island whose political superior says anything that might go in that TLD will go in .no instead. [Wikipedia] So, what's the actual status of .bv? Assigned, or reserved? And if it is reserved at the 3166 secretariat level, can they reassign it? NORID might try to make a case that BV is the common corporate abbreviation in their political subdivision... but they're not selling those domains now, so that doesn't seem compelling. Anyone here got a buddy on the secretariat? :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274