Do you know .CA turns 25 today? On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC

.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations | Domain Name News (DNN)

Do you know .CA turns 25 today? On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC

The domain name registry that operates the .CA ccTLD, Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), announced today that the .CA domain is turning 25 years old. The very first .CA domain name was registered to the University of Prince Edward Island in 1988. Currently there are 1,925,775 domains registered under .CA. It was on this day back in 1987 that the .CA domain extension was officially delegated by Jon Postel, operator of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), to John Demco at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Demco and a group of volunteers ran the .CA domain registry for 13 years. From 1987 to 2000, those volunteers at UBC registered almost 60,000 domain names. Since 2000, the registry for .CA domain names has been run by the Ottawa-based Canadian Internet Registration Authority. CIRA’s President and CEO Byron Holland said: “We owe a debt to the vis...

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@frankdomains » 16 May '12, 1pm
.ca domain name reached its 25th birthday yesterday [link] now has almost 2million registrations
@jollysuzanne » 15 May '12, 7pm
I had no idea! MT @ubcaplaceofmind [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@LooTina » 15 May '12, 6pm
Happy b-day! @ubcaplaceofmind: .CA turns 25 today! [link] In 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@astutium » 15 May '12, 5pm
Happy Birthday #CIRA as .CA turns 25 :) [link]
@applesandnerds » 15 May '12, 5pm
Cool! I didn't know this RT @ubcaplaceofmind [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was created at #UBC
@chimajor » 15 May '12, 5pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@ubcaplaceofmind » 15 May '12, 5pm
Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@TigerDomains » 15 May '12, 5pm
Happy Birthday - .CA turns 25 years old today! Just about at 2 million domains registered [link]
@YummyNames » 15 May '12, 12pm
Happy Birthday, eh! The .CA ccTLD turned 25 years old yesterday. [link]
@_megasimple » 15 May '12, 10am
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations - Domain Name News [link] #simple
@DomainPapi » 14 May '12, 11pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations: by Mike Cohen in Categories: ccTLDs The domain name... [link]
@robgolbeck » 14 May '12, 10pm
RT @bcwebhost: The .CA domain extension turns 25 years old today - [link]
@bcwebhost » 14 May '12, 10pm
The .CA domain extension turns 25 years old today - [link]
@noahmsigwa » 14 May '12, 9pm
RT @ePharmaWorks: Dot CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link] #domains
@domainhunter » 14 May '12, 8pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations | Domain Name News (DNN) [link]
@dnmashup » 14 May '12, 7pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link] #news #domaining #domain
@ePharmaWorks » 14 May '12, 6pm
Dot CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link] #domains
@DomainNames24 » 14 May '12, 6pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations - Domain Name News [link]
@rob_rago » 15 May '12, 8pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@ESQCamps » 15 May '12, 6pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@ClaireHeymans » 15 May '12, 6pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@sonson » 15 May '12, 6pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@Louie_Luyi » 15 May '12, 6pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@ubcalumni » 15 May '12, 6pm
RT @ubcaplaceofmind: Do you know .CA turns 25 today? [link] On this day in 1987 the .CA domain extension was officially created at #UBC
@GetWebSpace » 14 May '12, 11pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations [link]
@DomainerTimes » 14 May '12, 10pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link]
@topsearchdomain » 14 May '12, 8pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations [link]
@SiteBuilder2011 » 14 May '12, 7pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2000000 registrations - Domain Name News [link]
@domainnews_ » 14 May '12, 7pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link]
@dnnews » 14 May '12, 7pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations - [link]
@LateralHosting » 14 May '12, 7pm
.CA turns 25 years old today, nearing 2,000,000 registrations [link]