2006 04 18
Eurid ha già registrato 1milione e 300mila domini, 700mila nel primo giorno (7 Aprile 2006)

da BBC.co.uk
Fast start for European net names
The launch of the .eu domain appears to have been a big success.

More than 1.3 million .eu domains have been registered according to Eurid, the non-profit agency that oversees the new net name.
The majority of these domains, 700,000, were registered on the first day of the so-called “land rush” period when any European citizen could apply.
German net users led the pack of registrants and now own more than half of all the registered .eu domains.

Domain game
The “land rush” phase for the .eu domain began on 7 April and followed a four-month “sunrise” period that was open only to holders of trademarks and other rights to use particular names.
Many businesses used this period to gain control of domains relevant to brands and products they produce.
During those initial four months, more than 300,000 .eu domains were registered.
But this was dwarfed by the rush of registrations seen during the first four hours that applications were open to all in the 25-nation EU trading bloc.
In total, there were 702,684 applications on the first morning. The first five names to be registered were dekoration.eu, buchung.eu, tankstellen.eu, exhibitionist.eu and eurorechner.eu.
At the peak of registrations, about 76 applications were being processed every second.
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