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10/05/2001 Archived Entry: "New .info Web registry back online after two-day shutdown"

New .info Web registry back online after two-day shutdown | Computerworld News & Features Story

The new domain name registry for .info Web sites reopened for business this morning after being shut down due to performance problems shortly its launch on Monday (see story).

Afilias Ltd., which operates the registry that keeps track of all Web sites registered under the newly-available .info domain, said that "unacceptable system slowness" bogged down the open registration process when it began Monday, so the system was taken off-line for repairs.

"[The system] was overwhelmed by the amount of business coming in," said Roland LaPlante, a vice president and chief marketing officer at Afilias in Newtown, Pa. "We're getting the kinks out of the system."