Esdiel
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Does anyone think CBC will ever go for the .COM, or know whether they've tried in the past?
Below is a bit of info I was able to find which may be helpful.
Archive.org shows that CBC has been using CBC.ca since at least October 31st, 1996, however, they apparently went online in 1995 for the first time, "becoming Canada's first news website":
As for CBC.COM, it "appears" as though it was only registered for the first time on August 10, 2000, according to whois and archive.org. If nobody owned CBC.com before this date, it naturally leads one to assume CBC didn't have much interest in it at the time.
Of course it's always possible the .COM was unavailable when CBC decided to go with the .CA but I doubt they tried too hard to acquire it (at that time), especially given the previous owner (if he/she ever existed) must have let it drop at some point (as per the whois registration date).
What do you guys think, and/or have you ever heard anything about CBC wanting the .COM?
Below is a bit of info I was able to find which may be helpful.
Archive.org shows that CBC has been using CBC.ca since at least October 31st, 1996, however, they apparently went online in 1995 for the first time, "becoming Canada's first news website":
As for CBC.COM, it "appears" as though it was only registered for the first time on August 10, 2000, according to whois and archive.org. If nobody owned CBC.com before this date, it naturally leads one to assume CBC didn't have much interest in it at the time.
Of course it's always possible the .COM was unavailable when CBC decided to go with the .CA but I doubt they tried too hard to acquire it (at that time), especially given the previous owner (if he/she ever existed) must have let it drop at some point (as per the whois registration date).
What do you guys think, and/or have you ever heard anything about CBC wanting the .COM?