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Momentous.ca is an Intenet based company specializing on the growth of a wide range of Internet businesses.Momentous.ca provides various internet services for government agencies, individuals, law firms, financial institutions, and packaged goods producers in Canada. Situated in "Silicon Valley North", this wholly owned Canadian business has additional offices in Barbados and Australia.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23775172 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>. Currently Momentous.ca has an annual revenue of 2,469,060 and employs a staff of approximately 30. <ref>[http://www.manta.com/ic/mt60hbr/ca/momentous-ca-corporation Manta.com]</ref>.
Momentous.ca is an Intenet based company specializing on the growth of a wide range of Internet businesses.Momentous.ca provides various internet services for government agencies, individuals, law firms, financial institutions, and packaged goods producers in Canada. Situated in "Silicon Valley North", this wholly owned Canadian business has additional offices in Barbados and Australia.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23775172 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>. Currently Momentous.ca has an annual revenue of 2,469,060 and employs a staff of approximately 30. <ref>[http://www.manta.com/ic/mt60hbr/ca/momentous-ca-corporation Manta.com]</ref>.
Portfolio companies for Momentous.ca includes DomainsatCost, Internic.ca, MAD Inc, Namescout, Zip.ca, Rebel.com etc.<ref>[http://www.pool.com/AboutUs_Momentous.aspx pool.com]</ref>.Together these companies have over 1,000,000 individual and corporate customers. <ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/bios-2009.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
The company has a strategic partnership with Canada Post. <ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23775172 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref> Portfolio companies for Momentous.ca includes DomainsatCost, Internic.ca, MAD Inc, Namescout, Zip.ca, Rebel.com etc.<ref>[http://www.pool.com/AboutUs_Momentous.aspx pool.com]</ref>.Together these companies have over 1,000,000 individual and corporate customers. <ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/bios-2009.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
==History==
==History==
Rob Hall, University of Ottawa computer science graduate and IT Entrepreneur from started Romel Corp In 1995.<ref>[http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=e529129e-17f5-4571-8a07-1ec0f95307f1&k=8346&p=1 canada.com]</ref> In 2000, the company changed it name to Momentous. <ref>[http://www.insideview.com/directory/momentous-ca-corporation Inside View.com]</ref>
Rob Hall, University of Ottawa computer science graduate and IT Entrepreneur from started Romel Corp In 1995.<ref>[http://www.insideview.com/directory/momentous-ca-corporation Inside View.com]</ref> In 2000, the company changed it name to Momentous when the company was lunched as "Internet Ebusiness Incubator" to provide strategic support services to internet start-ups. <ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Entrepreneur-Launches-Internet-Ebusiness-Incubator-Momentousca-Provide-Strategic-Support-348577.htm Marketwire.com]</ref>
In 1997, Rob Hall started his first registrar company, Internic.ca, a subsidiary of Momentous.ca. According to Rob Hall said Internic.ca is Canada's largest registrar, with customers such as the Government of Canada and Chapters.ca. <ref>[http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=e8c50ede-f3ae-4c7a-8cae-c56bfd65338f Canada.com]</ref>
In 1997, Rob Hall started his first registrar company, Internic.ca, a subsidiary of Momentous.ca. According to Rob Hall said Internic.ca is Canada's largest registrar, with customers such as the Government of Canada and Chapters.ca. <ref>[http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=e8c50ede-f3ae-4c7a-8cae-c56bfd65338f Canada.com]</ref>
In early 2003, Momentous.ca lunched pool.com a domain market place company in in Ottawa, Canada. <ref>[http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/ Domains Fera.com]</ref> Momentous.ca also started Zip.ca Inc, an online video rental service provider company for Canada in 2003. <ref>[http://www.insideview.com/directory/zip-ca-inc Inside View.com]</ref>
In early 2003, Momentous.ca lunched pool.com a domain market place company in in Ottawa, Canada. <ref>[http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/ Domains Fera.com]</ref> Momentous.ca also started Zip.ca Inc, an online video rental service provider company for Canada in 2003. <ref>[http://www.insideview.com/directory/zip-ca-inc Inside View.com]</ref>
In November 2005, Momentous.ca formed a lobby group called called Coalition for ICANN Transparency (CIFT) and filed a lawsuit against [[ICANN]] and [[VeriSign]] in order to stop implementation of the proposed .com registry agreement<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24oct05.htm ICANN]</ref> between ICANN and VeriSign. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/lawsuits_filed_against_icann_verisign_settlement/ CircleID]</ref> The Trail court granted Verisign's motion to dismiss the case but later appeals Court revived the anti-trust suit against VeriSign in 2009. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090605_appeals_court_revives_cfit_anti_trust_suit_against_verisign/ CircleID]</ref>. It was reported August 2010 that VeriSign is considering a settlement for CFIT lawsuit. [http://domainincite.com/verisign-may-settle-cfit-lawsuit/ Domain Incite]
In 2006, Momentous.ca lunched another domain name registrar named Rebel.com. <ref>[http://www.cbronline.com/news/momentous_offers_rebel_without_a_middleman CBR computer Business Review]</ref>. In 2007, the company lunched MyRebel.com offering domainers the ability interact directly with the domain registries.
In 2006, Momentous.ca lunched another domain name registrar named Rebel.com. <ref>[http://www.cbronline.com/news/momentous_offers_rebel_without_a_middleman CBR computer Business Review]</ref>. In 2007, the company lunched MyRebel.com offering domainers the ability interact directly with the domain registries.