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Complainant omitted key parts of pre-dispute correspondence in its filing. A German building products company has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking a domain name. Otto Lehmann GmbH filed a dispute against the domain lehmann.com. The domain is registered to Tucows and is part of its surname portfolio. Tucows offers email addresses for domains in this portfolio. Otto Lehmann and Tucows had pre-dispute correspondence, during which time the complainant tried to acquire the domain.

Lehmann.com UDRP denied with RDNH after Tucows, represented by John Berryhill, defended its surname email business and exposed omitted pre-dispute correspondence.

First Place Internet domains moved from Tucows to Namecheap, Spaceship, and GoDaddy and appeared on Afternic, though it is unclear whether they were sold or simply repositioned.

Verisign hat zwei neue Record-Typen vorgeschlagen, über die sich KI-Agenten im DNS finden lassen. Der Vorschlag ist einer von mehreren. Auch Identity Digital und der frühere Tucows-Chef Elliot Noss arbeiten an eigenen Ansätzen. Die IETF hat dafür im Juli eine Sondersitzung abgehalten.

Squarespace keeps growing and is now the fourth-largest registrar for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; the newest data provided is for May 2026. Some observations from the latest numbers: Squarespace is now the fourth-largest registrar for .com domains, surpassing Tucows…

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026 – Cable One lost 17,100 consumer broadband subscribers in the second quarter, in line with estimates the company disclosed in a financial filing last month. The cable operator shed 300 business subscribers, for a total of 968,200 broadband customers. Among those, average revenue per user (ARPU) was $80.56, a slight decrease year-over-year but an increase from last quarter. Learn about the 3-Part Preview of America250 / Telecom150, a Broadband Breakfast conference on October 1, 2026 America250 / Telecom150 Learn about "Broadband and AI in the Next Congress" at the National Press Club on December 1, 2026 Broadband & AI in the Next Congress ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026 – Cable One lost 17,100 consumer broadband subscribers in the second quarter, in line with estimates the company disclosed in a financial filing last month. The cable operator shed 300 business subscribers, for a total of 968,200 broadband customers. Among those, average revenue per user (ARPU) was $80.56, a slight decrease year-over-year but an increase from last quarter. Learn about the 3-Part Preview of America250 / Telecom150, a Broadband Breakfast conference on October 1, 2026 America250 / Telecom150 Learn about "Broadband and AI in the Next Congress" at the National Press Club on December 1, 2026 Broadband & AI in the Next Congress ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now