http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/ neweurasia\'s Kazakhstan blog Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41614 News Roundup - January 15, 2008 « Silk Road Intelligencer Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:15:48 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41614 [...] Neweurasia.net: Kazakhstan.Net domain sold [...] […] Neweurasia.net: Kazakhstan.Net domain sold […]

]]> http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41606 Global Voices Online » Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan.Net Domain Sold Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:16:35 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41606 [...] B-va reports that the domain Kazakhstan.net was sold for $15,000 at the specialized fair of geographic domains [...] […] B-va reports that the domain Kazakhstan.net was sold for $15,000 at the specialized fair of geographic domains […]

]]> http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41602 KZBlog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:53:47 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41602 Nothing there yet but a cool globe favicon. Already 2 months and no action, not even a coming soon banner. Maybe they hope the Kazakhstan government will buy them out, or maybe the gov't bought it to keep it from the hands of Borat-lovers or other detractors. Nothing there yet but a cool globe favicon. Already 2 months and no action, not even a coming soon banner. Maybe they hope the Kazakhstan government will buy them out, or maybe the gov’t bought it to keep it from the hands of Borat-lovers or other detractors.

]]> http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41597 Narcogen Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:08:09 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/2008/01/14/kazakhstannet-domain-sold/#comment-41597 Given the relatively low penetration of Internet access in RK and the fact that beyond oil, backpacking and Borat references, Kazakhstan is somewhat of a niche interest, $15k for a .net domain seems a bit steep to me. I'd wager it was either purchased by or for the benefit of a major Kazakh telco (national operator or other) or as a vanity domain. Given the relatively low penetration of Internet access in RK and the fact that beyond oil, backpacking and Borat references, Kazakhstan is somewhat of a niche interest, $15k for a .net domain seems a bit steep to me. I’d wager it was either purchased by or for the benefit of a major Kazakh telco (national operator or other) or as a vanity domain.

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