my web 0.2 website

Nominet are a non-profit entity that run the .uk domain namespace (domains ending in .uk like linux.org.uk). They have published a data-structure change which is requiring many domain name registrars to bulk update much of the information they hold about domains.

As a result, requests to process new registrations, renewals, and changes are really slow. It is, what I assume, an offpeak time right now - 10pm Saturday evening, and it has just taken an hour and a half for me to get a response out of the Automaton from a domain renewal request. Traditionally I get responses back in a matter of minutes.

My prediction is that this will renew interest from .uk domain stakeholders that support the movement towards a real-time API like Tucows’