[betaby]

"Basel has to buy internet address in the Bahamas after mishap"

I don't get it. http://www.esteuern.bs/ is not opening.

In which sense 'has to buy'?

[readthenotes1]

I guess you will just have to read the article then huh?

[betaby]

I read and didn't get. Perhaps 'has to buy' well, has other meanings.

[readthenotes1]

I meant the text, not just the headline.

It's an entire section with a clearly worded title in bold:

Registration is still ongoing

At the moment, the incorrect address still leads nowhere, as the registration of the domain in the Bahamas has only just been applied for, as Weber told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper. As soon as the registration is completed, the incorrect URL will be redirected to the correct one for the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

[betaby]

I read the text though.

Also as of 2025-02-06 http://www.esteuern.bs/ is still not working.

A week to (not) deliver a simple redirect is not something I would call 'has to buy' or 'is still ongoing'. It's 'failed to do a basic task' and 'continuing to fail to redirect'. I have reasons to think no one even tried to do anything beside press releases.

[ninalanyon]

They didn't have to, it was simply the cheapest option, cheaper than reprinting all the leaflets.

[betaby]

There is no redirect.