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As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a de facto monopoly on the [[.au]] domain for several years; and it was the source of half of its net income. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars]] for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]] in 1999. Melbourne IT started to 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 the [[.au]] domain for several years; and it was the source of half of its net income. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars]] for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]] in 1999. Melbourne IT started to 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>

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, MelbourneIT has 18 offices in 10 countries and over 690 employees worldwide.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/melbourne-it Linkedin ]</ref> As of October 25, 2010, MelbourneIT has about 4,291,483 domain names registered under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/MELBOURNEIT.COM WebHosting.info]</ref>

Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, MelbourneIT has 18 offices in 10 countries and over 690 employees worldwide.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/melbourne-it Linkedin ]</ref> As of October 25, 2010, MelbourneIT has about 4,291,483 domain names registered under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/MELBOURNEIT.COM WebHosting.info]</ref>

==History==

==History==