Our Domain Name Service
Oscura will manage the registration, hosting and maintenance of your domain names. Oscura can adopt domains which have been transferred from another provider. Oscura are full Nominet UK members allowing you to register with confidence. We provide, and directly manage, the full range of UK domain names to our customers. Other global partnerships allow us to provide a full range of domains no matter where your business is based or wishes to do business.
Domain registration with Oscura includes the following as standard:
- Hosting the domain on Oscura DNS (Domain Name Server)
- Administering any requirements by the various country registration bodies
- Providing first port of call for domain name disputes
- Providing advice on alternative domain names
- Offering domain name aliasing to multiple domains
This service does not include the hosting of a website. However, in addition to relieving you of the concerns over domain name management, Oscura can also assist you in any decision to host your web site.
Available Domain Name Extensions
Oscura offer the following domain extensions:
- United Kingdom Domain Names
- .co.uk
- .org.uk
- .me.uk (Intended for individuals)
- .net.uk (For UK companies and organisations with network services)
- .ltd.uk (For UK companies registered at Companies house only)
- .plc.uk (For UK public limited companies only)
- .sch.uk (For UK schools only)
- Global Domain Name
- .com
- .net
- .org
- .biz
- .info
- .name
- European and other International Domain Names
- .eu (General registration available soon)
- .at (Austria)
- .be (Belgium)
- .ca (Canada)
- .cc (Cocos)
- .ch (Switzerland)
- .cn (China)
- .com.cn (China)
- .de (Germany)
- .fr (France)
- .it (Italy)
- .nl (Netherlands)
- .tv (Tuvalu)
- .us (United States)
Please note that domain registration restrictions apply on certain domain names - please contact us to register these domain names. Oscura offer both UK domain name registration and global domain name registration. We can supply European and International domain names not listed above on request.
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Standard Website Hosting
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
3 January 2007
Details:
Oscura completed the installation of a new hosting facility based at Reading to extend our hosting capabilities and offer further resilience to the Oscura network.
Dedicated Website Hosting
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
18 October 2008
Details:
Replacement of hardware by our bandwidth provider led to an unexpected loss of power to a number of servers during the morning of 18 October 2008. Service was restored between 10:00 and 13:00.
Connectivity
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
16 February 2006
Details:
Some customers may have experienced problems accessing Oscura services between 16:15 and 16:50 on 16 February 2006. This was caused by a routing problem at Telehouse, London.
Standard Email
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
24 Feb 2009
Details:
Customers on mail server pat.oscura.net experienced an error when sending and recieving e-mails. Service was restored at 09:52 on 24 February 2009.
Email Protection
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
25 April 2008
Details:
Some customers with our e-mail protection service experienced delay in receiving e-mail due to an outage with one of our bandwidth providers.
Domain Services
No reported problems
Last reported problem:
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