NIC
is the delegated authority for registering domain names
in the
.bi top-level domains. The domain name space is served
on a first
in first out basis. NIC has a rather liberal policy
about domain
names as soon as the domain name is in relation with the
business
name or one of its marks. The general principle is that a
domain
must reflect the truth.
The
foreign entities are not obliged to keep a DNS or an
administrative
contact in the country. Except those qualified by NIC as
restricted
or undesirable, any domain name related to the business
may be
assigned to these entities.
A
restricted domain is one of these : gov net edu ac com
co int
mil gouv or any other name related to government or
public company
use. Contact domain@nic.bi if you want to create such a
domain.
Note however that it will be assigned only if sponsored
by an
official authority. We also discourage generic names
such as bank
nom art ... or a geographic notion as it also misleads
people.
An
undesirable name is defined as being vulgar, misleading
people
or being rejected by NIC at its own discretion. It is
also applicable
for domain registration of wellknown brands/trademarks
registered
by third parties without the consent of the owner of the
brands/trademark.
The domain will be deleted immediately at the owner's
request.
We
strongly discourage the use of suffixes of our country
for misleading
people. We remind that .bi stands for Republic of
Burundi and
for nothing else.
The
domain name must have a minimum of three characters.
Applications
for one or two characters domain may be considered with
prior
arrangment with domain@nic.bi
There
is no notion of property as far as a domain name is
concerned.
It is rather to be seen as a sub-delegation, and the
sub-delegated
entity is supposed to manage it in compliance with the
RFC's and
with the usual rules applicable to such a
sub-delegation. For
instance, domains should only be used for matters in
connection
with the sub-delegated entity's business. The name of
the domain
must correspond to the name of the business, or one of
its marks.
NIC
will do its best so that second-level domains are run in
a fair
way. NIC may delete a domain name without compensation,
should
the domain be run in an inappropriate manner or be
restricted
or undesirable. No auction or reselling of domain names
will be
accepted.
The
invoicing is per e-mail only. NIC sends yearly invoices
to the
billing contact e-mail address at the anniversary date
of the
domain creation. There is no reminder sent afterwards.
It is your
responsability to maintain the record accurate so that
the e-mailed
invoice reaches the right person. An unpaid domain is
deleted
after two weeks and made available for new
sub-delegation.
As
rendered service for domain creation, NIC installs the
requested
domain in the database of the DNS server 81.xxx.xxx.xxx
(dns.nic.bi)
and the NS records will be pointed to the DNS servers
you specify
on the form. This is the only service rendered. It does
not include
a sale of the domain name as there is no notion of
property on
a domain. Future changes of pointers are free of charge
(max 3
per year). NIC will do its best effort to keep this
pointer, the
delegation and the DNS running, but shall by no means
bear any
responsibility for an unvoluntary disruption of service
as it
sometimes may occur on the Internet.
Resellers
are normally not eligible for rebates.
By
using a registration form, the user agrees to comply
with all
the present and future policies of NIC.