On Friday, September 30, 2011 05:54:38 PM steve pirk [egrep] wrote:
I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, and we were able to register the name.
Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? ;-]
At least as of 2008, you could go 45 characters, not counting the TLD: ++++++++++++++++++ $ whois pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [Redirected to whois.above.com] [Querying whois.above.com] [whois.above.com] The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars.Registration Service Provided By: ABOVE.COM, Pty. Ltd. Contact: +613.95897946 Domain Name: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.COM Registrant: Above.com Domain Privacy 8 East concourse Beaumaris VIC 3193 AU pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com@privacy.above.com Tel. +61.395897946 Fax. Creation date: 2008-02-20 Expiration Date: 2012-02-20 ... $ ping www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com PING www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com (69.43.161.151) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.9 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=85.7 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=85.8 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=85.6 ms ^C --- www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.618/85.815/85.984/0.132 ms +++++++++++++++++++++ FWIW.