As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a [[de facto monopoly]] on '.au' domain for several years and it was the source of half of its profit. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars|testbed Registrars]] for the competitive Shared Registry System announced by ICANN in 1999 and started register domain names under .com, .net and .org .<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref> | As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a [[de facto monopoly]] on '.au' domain for several years and it was the source of half of its profit. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars|testbed Registrars]] for the competitive Shared Registry System announced by ICANN in 1999 and started register domain names under .com, .net and .org .<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref> |