Ask HN: Any updates on what is happening to io domains?
8WolfOliver47/2/2025, 11:25:20 AM
Comments (4)
wsh · 13h ago
The treaty returning sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, disestablishing the British Indian Ocean Territory, seems to be on track for ratification:
The consequences for the .IO ccTLD are still unclear and ultimately will depend on how the United Nations, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, and ICANN respond. I’m not aware of anything more definitive than ICANN’s blog posting from November 2024, which emphasizes that “much of the discussion about .io is simply speculation” but also acknowledges the possibility that “a five-year time window will commence during which time usage of the domain will need to be phased out.”
I wouldn’t use a .IO domain name for anything important.
leakycap · 5h ago
My two biggest clients are exclusively running on .io domains and have hundreds of subdomains each - I really hope they don't end up doing something dumb here, I know two companies that don't want to deal with this.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...
The consequences for the .IO ccTLD are still unclear and ultimately will depend on how the United Nations, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, and ICANN respond. I’m not aware of anything more definitive than ICANN’s blog posting from November 2024, which emphasizes that “much of the discussion about .io is simply speculation” but also acknowledges the possibility that “a five-year time window will commence during which time usage of the domain will need to be phased out.”
https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-chagos-archipelag...
I wouldn’t use a .IO domain name for anything important.