Notice of .ORG registry communication disruption
Tuesday November 08th, 20221:15 PM PT: Please note that we are aware that connections to the .ORG registry pertaining to registrations, renewals, transfers and name server updates have been disrupted. We are currently working with the .ORG registry to diagnose and resolve this issue.
Notice of Registry Maintenance – PIR
Monday June 27th, 2022On June 27th, PIR is performing system maintenance to further improve their registry system. In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 90-minute maintenance window from 12:00 PM PT to 1:30 PM PT. During this time, certain Registrant transactions will be intermittently impacted. This maintenance only pertains to PIR related domains, which include .charity .foundation .gives & ...
Notice of website issue
Tuesday June 21st, 2022Please note that we are currently experiencing performance issues with our website. Our staff are currently investigating and working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Phone Service Migration
Wednesday March 23rd, 20221:00 PM PT: All telephony services have been restored. Apologies to everyone for the disruption when trying to reach us earlier. ————————————— 12:45 PM PT: Approximately half our telephony services are restored. The remainder are expected to be up and running within the next 20 minutes. ————————————— Please note that we are currently moving our phone services ...
.CA Registry Issue
Wednesday January 26th, 20224:45 PM PT: Issues and the .CA Registry have been resolved and services are fully restored. We are aware of a technical issue at the .CA registry which began at approximately 3:00 PM PT, which affects the lookup, registration, renewals, transfers and name server updates of all .CA domain names. This issue has been escalated and confirmed ...
Notice of Registry Maintenance – Verisign
Saturday January 22nd, 2022On January 22nd, 2022 Verisign is performing system maintenance to further improve the .COM and .NET registry system. In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 45 minute maintenance window from 5PM PT on January 22 to 545PM PT on January 22 . During this time, certain Registrant transactions will be intermittently impacted. This maintenance ...
PHISHING EMAIL ALERT
Wednesday December 15th, 2021Phishing emails concerning domain names, additional fees, and threats of suspension have been reported to us by vigilant customers. https://blog.webnames.ca/phishing-alert-fraudulent-domain-expiry-email-citing-icann-and-webnames/
Webnames Phone System Disruption
Monday November 01st, 20217:05 PM PT: Telephony services from our telco provider have been fully restored. 4:00 PM PT: Our upstream telco provider has suffered a power loss at one of their centers. Power is being restored as quickly as possible. Attention Webnames.ca Customers, We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our internal phone system. We expect to have a resolution/update ...
Webnames Email and DNS Outage
Monday August 23rd, 20214:00 PM PT – We have reallocated resources and DNS responsiveness are now at or near 100%. Issues affecting email and DNS of websites should now be resolved. 3:15 PM PT – Webnames is aware of an issue affecting customer email and DNS of websites, details are being gathered now and more information will be posted ...
Notice of .CA Registry Maintenance
Thursday June 17th, 2021On Thursday, June 17th, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is performing system maintenance to further improve the .CA registry system. In order to successfully complete the maintenance there will be a 3 hour maintenance window from 8:00 PM PT on June 17th to 11:00 PM PT on June 17th. During this time, certain Registrant transactions will be intermittently impacted. This maintenance only ...