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In article <1993Mar06.051200.10690@xenitec.on.ca> eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) writes:
>In article <1993Mar3.181820.21334@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> irving@sys.toronto.edu (Irving Reid) writes:
>>CA-Registrar@cdnnet.ca (CA registrar) writes:
>>>[As a registered proprietorship, this organization warrants a third
>>>level subdomain name. --John]
>>
>>Now I'm really confused.  I spent two months fighting with UUNET Canada
>>over whether they would even bother to submit my application for a
>>domain name in .on.ca.  They finally convinced me that the rules were
>>very firm; my (Ontario registered corporation) company would need to
>>have _permanent_offices_ in at least two municipalities in Ontario in
>>order to get a name in .on.ca, despite the fact that we are provincially
>>registered and do international business.

I got lucky.  I submitted my application to UUNET Canada on Dec 1, just
about the time they went through some personnel changes.  My application
was lost until I chased it up in February (i.e., after the rules had
changed).  I read an article that mentioned the provincial registration, so
I started to discuss it with UUNET Canada.  I am in the same situation
as you (registered, international business), and I was given the same
argument.

So I posted a follow-up to the article that mentioned provincial 
registration, and Ed called me as a result and got involved to get 
an acceptable name approved.

>UUNET Canada advised you correctly, in accordance with the guidelines
>in place at that time.  If you were to ask them today, you would get
>a completely different response.  The difference?  The guidelines were
>revised (more like rewritten), effective Feb 1st.

I wonder if you would get a different response today.  In mid-February
(about 2 weeks ago) they tried very hard to convince me that I shouldn't 
even try to submit a third level request.  The "provincial registration"
article convinced me otherwise.
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