Top 20 oldest registered domain names

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  1. #1
    I just stumbled across a website that lists the top 100 oldest registered domain names. Here are the top 20:



    Rank Create date Domain name
    1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
    2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
    3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
    4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
    5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
    6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
    7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
    8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
    9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
    10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
    11= 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
    11= 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
    13= 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
    13= 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
    15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
    16= 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
    16= 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
    18= 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
    18= 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
    20= 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM

    here is the link for the other 80: http://www.iwhois.com/oldest/
     
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  2. Loonm

    Loonm Peon

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    #2
    The first familiar to me was xerox.com :)
    Who did register symbolics.com ??
     
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  3. readezarchive

    readezarchive Active Member

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    #3
    dang.. you'd think it would have been sex.com
     
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  4. kingofsanda

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    #4
    I didn't realize that there were so many websites on the internet in the mid 80's.
     
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  5. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    #5
    I just wonder, how much does the domain cost at that time?
     
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  6. m1ndless

    m1ndless Peon

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    #6
    A Nickel? lol
     
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  7. NAS125

    NAS125 Active Member

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    #7
    Wasn't it stupidly expensive to register a name, reason why only a few were registered in the 80's?
     
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  8. hecto

    hecto Well-Known Member

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    hmmm if only I could go back in time....
     
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  9. kaung

    kaung Twitter @KaungKo

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    #9
    The ones I know fomr the lsit are
    think, xerox, hp, intel, IBM
     
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  10. arjun316

    arjun316 Active Member

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    lol i was not even born when these jewels were taken up
     
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  11. Robert_M

    Robert_M Banned

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    #11
    Whoo! 80' domains. Yet, still popular.
     
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  12. mybluehair

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    #12
    what about excite.com?
     
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  13. Robert_M

    Robert_M Banned

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    Wait. The oldest registered domain is symbolics.com, right? And it is registered with NetworkSolutions since last 1985. And yet, NetworkSolutions was created last April 27, 1998. Can someone explain it to me?
     
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  14. kaung

    kaung Twitter @KaungKo

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    #14
    new task for you: go find oldest registrar ;)
    why? domain transfer need to be considered
     
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  15. Robert_M

    Robert_M Banned

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    #15
    I'm doing that. I'll be back later. Got to go now.
     
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  16. tradeya

    tradeya Notable Member

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    #16
    lol i was thinking the same. I thought the fisrt 10 would be like www .1.com -www .10.com :D
     
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  17. Zerosleep

    Zerosleep Established User

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    I wonder no microsoft.com in that :(
     
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  18. Nora

    Nora Well-Known Member

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    #18
    I had no idea domain names existed back then.. it surprises me that nobody registered better domains.
     
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