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by shagie 1109 days ago
Contact the Tonga Network Information Center ( https://www.tonic.to ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.to#cite_ref-6

> The .to registry allows the creation of emoji domain names. A former .to registrar, Register.TO, did support the search and registration of .to emoji domain names. Register.to is no longer an authorized registrar for .TO domain names when making a transaction. The death of its owner in early February 2023 was stated by the NIC of Tonga according to an online review.
2 comments
blacksqr 1109 days ago
Sounds like someone ought to step up and pitch themselves as the new domain registrar for Tonga.
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shagie 1109 days ago
https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/to.html

Tonic.to appears to be the authorized domain registrar. Register.to appears to have been a reseller.

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usernamebias 1109 days ago
Edit: I contacted Tonic and they got this resolved. I' so relieved.

I searched the Internet for any Representative, to no avail.

Thank you, shagie, your link did the trick.

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shagie 1109 days ago
In some later searching... the name in IANA and that it was in Burlingame piqued my interest - Eric Gullichsen is a rather distinctive name.

Some of the history of the domain can be read at Domain Names, Tonga and Two Guys Named Eric - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-09-fi-1560-s...

(and amusing to me the email address of the reporter was @best.com - and I remember that ISP from my days out there too).

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usernamebias 1109 days ago
Does this mean Tonic has the ability to access Domains? Or that's not how it works.
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usernamebias 1109 days ago
Oh dear.

Edit: In contact with Tonic.to. They are looking into it.

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