Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Operating activities:
Net income for the period	$ 15,398		$ 17,135	[1],[2]	$ 22,327
Items not involving cash:
Depreciation of property and equipment	8,961		5,722	[1]	3,727
Loss on write off of property and equipment	142			[1]	17
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	297		281	[1]	273
Amortization of intangible assets	10,333		9,243	[1]	8,400
Net amortization contract costs	(10)		14	[1]
Impairment of indefinite life intangible asset					111
Deferred income taxes (recovery)	1,285		1,038	[1]	(3,337)
Excess tax benefits on share-based compensation expense	(634)		(697)	[1]	(2,796)
Amortization of deferred rent			(14)	[1]	6
Net Right of use operating assets/Operating lease liability	(32)			[1]
Loss on disposal of domain names	115		341	[1]	291
Other income			(429)	[1]	(515)
Loss (gain) on change in the fair value of forward contracts	(313)		207	[1]	17
Stock-based compensation	2,876		2,574	[1]	1,457
Change in non-cash operating working capital:
Accounts receivable	(3,015)		1,539	[1]	1,010
Inventory	318		(831)	[1]	(1,733)
Prepaid expenses and deposits	2,904		(1,286)	[1]	(1,642)
Prepaid domain name registry and ancillary services fees	7,678		20,476	[1]	4,030
Income taxes recoverable	(89)		2,691	[1]	(426)
Accounts payable	(1,222)		171	[1]	(3,826)
Accrued liabilities	2,329		(513)	[1]	(1,275)
Customer deposits	27		(3,336)	[1]	1,085
Deferred revenue	(6,900)		(16,888)	[1]	4,933
Accreditation fees payable	(67)		(229)	[1]	(238)
Net cash provided by operating activities	40,381		37,209	[1]	31,896
Financing activities:
Proceeds received on exercise of stock options	395		112		222
Payment of tax obligations resulting from net exercise of stock options	(548)		(445)	[1]	(1,462)
Repurchase of common stock	(4,986)			[1]
Proceeds received on loan payable	57,371		7,000	[1]	86,998
Repayment of loan payable	(8,130)		(19,596)	[1]	(19,976)
Payment of loan payable costs	(641)		(8)	[1]	(620)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	43,461		(12,937)	[1]	65,162
Investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(44,070)		(27,919)	[1]	(12,935)
Acquisition of a portion of the minority interest in Ting Virginia, LLC (note 3(a))			(1,200)	[1]	(2,000)
Acquisition of intangible assets	(3,566)		(565)	[1]	(2,942)
Net cash used in investing activities	(76,086)		(29,684)	[1]	(94,114)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	7,756		(5,412)	[1]	2,944
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	12,637	[1],[3]	18,049	[1]	15,105
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	20,393		12,637	[1],[3]	18,049	[1]
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid	4,785		3,712	[1]	3,587
Income taxes paid, net	7,941		6,799	[1]	7,815
Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Property and equipment acquired during the period not yet paid for	548		1,462	[1]	214
eNom, Incorporated [Member]
Investing activities:
Acquisition of business, net of cash					(76,237)
Ascio Technologies, Inc. [Member]
Investing activities:
Acquisition of business, net of cash	$ (28,450)			[1]

[1] The Company has initially applied ASC 2014-09 (Topic 606) on January 1, 2018 and ASC 2016-02 (Topic 842) on January 1, 2019. Both accounting standards were adopted using the modified retrospective method, under this method the comparative periods were not restated.

[2] The Company has initially applied ASC 2016-02 (Topic 842) on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method (note 2(v)). Under this method, the comparative information is not restated.

[3] The Company has initially applied ASC 2016-02 (Topic 842) on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method (note 2(v)). Under this method, the comparative information is not restated.