The 312 page ICANN gTLD Gudebook v4, was released over the weekend and all I can say if your going to apply for one of these new extensions you best be patient.
Under the guidebook if all goes well the minimum time from close of the application period to acceptance is going to be 8 months, although many things according to the guide book can push it back.
Depending on the application, and such things as whether someone files an objection, could leave the applicant waiting up to 19 months for approval.
The GuideBook makes it clear that “The lifecycle for an complex application could be MUCH LONGER than 19 months”
Under the guidebook the Initial Evaluation is going to take 5 months if there are less than 400 applications.
If there are 400-500 applications, the timeframe is going to get pushed back to as long as 8 months.
If there are more than 500 applications then all bets are off and ICANN will let you know how long to expect.
Now if there is a formal objection filed against an extension application, you’re looking at a delay of 5 1/2 months.
“All applicants should be aware that third parties have the opportunity to file objections to any application”
Now if an applicant fails the initial application for whatever reason, they are entitled in some circumstances to an Extended Evaluation.
That process according to the guidebook will last another 5 months.
If a dispute resolution is required for an application the Guide Book says that’s another 5 months.
Once you have been approved it should take another 2 months to go to into the pre-delegation process.
Oh yeah I almost forgot this one:
“If the pre-delegation testing requirements are not satisfied so that the gTLD can be delegated into the zone root file within the time frame specified in the registry agreement, ICANN can in its sole discretion, elect to terminate the registry agreement.”
I guess this happens sometimes after the 8-19 months but honestly I kind of lost count of the all the 5 month periods at this point.
Mike, Well said. I think any party applying would be best to ignore the ICANN timetables. The ‘expedited” 2004 sTLD round was supposed to have new TLDs in the root in 2004 and the earliest they went in, if I recall correctly was late 2005 and may such as .ASIA, .TEL and .POST didn’t get going until 2008 or later.Oh, a lest I forget, .XXX is still waiting.
Patience and deep pockets needed. many of the would be applicants so far like .berlin and Minds and Machines have found to their great cost that relying on ICANNS proclamations regarding timetables can be a very costly exercise.
The may also be a long way to run still until the DAG goes “final”. With the DAG 4 just produced a matter of weeks before the Brussels meeting, the GAC will undoubtedly repeat their standard Mantra that “we are governments we move slowly and haven’t had enough time to comment of the DAG4 now, but we will give you our comments in Cartagena by which time DAG 5 will likely be out and so the story rolls on. I have been watching this TLD movie for ten years now.
Ah but what an adventure along the way!
As Gimli put it: Certainty of death, small chance of success… What are we waiting for?
1. The new DNS runs in $50 CPE *NIX edge devices such as the WRT-54GL
2. TLDs are automatically determined from the legacy DNS
3. Zoom.Names are NOT domain names
4. Windows systems will continue to use more and more FREE PNRP domain names
5. DNS is not required to run the Internet and is only one way to obtain IP addresses
6. 480-bit DHT Keys composed of 8 Zoom.Names may look like domain names
7. If people continue to use clunky browsers with TCP and “buffering” Videos that will be surprising
8. Real-Time .NET has no ICANN
imagine the lawsuits coming up in the future !
cheap thrills for the viewers …not the players though