Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>]

At 22:59 05/03/01 -0800, Paul A Vixie wrote:

Yet another money hungry company looking to Balkanize the Internet.  I 
guess they figure if Verisign can do it via their national language domain 
suffixes, why not us too!?

-Hank


> [ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be
>   a joke.  its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even
>   moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt.  i'm
>   quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners.  --vix ]
>
>   Contact:
>   Claudia de Llano or Lisa Doiron
>   Connors Communications
>   (310) 452-7540
>   claudia () connors com or lisa () connors com
>
>                                                   Brad Copeland
>                                                   New.net, Inc.
>                                                   626-229-7800
>                                                   pr () new net
>
>   New.net Expands Internet Naming With Launch of 20 New Top-Level Domain 
> Names
>
>          New Domain Name Registry's Technology Uses Existing Internet
>        Naming System to Make Available Sensible, Meaningful Web Addresses
>
> Pasadena, Calif. - March 5, 2001 - New.net (http://www.new.net), a domain
> name registry created to meet the market demand for Web addresses with
> logical, easy-to-remember extensions that make Internet navigation easier,
> today officially released its first 20 new top-level domains. New.net has
> developed a novel, proprietary approach, using software technology deployed
> at either the network level by partner ISPs or on individual PCs, that uses
> the existing Internet naming system to enable millions of users to gain
> access to these new addresses.
>
> With this launch, the Internet community will be able to purchase and use
> domain names with extensions ("top-level domains") that were previously
> unavailable. Each of the new top-level domains was chosen to enable
> organizations and individuals to create Web addresses that more clearly
> describe their product, service offering, group activity or passion. The
> first 20 top-level domains being released are:
>
>              .CHAT      .GMBH       .LTD        .SPORT
>              .CLUB      .HOLA       .MED        .TECH
>              .FAMILY    .INC        .MP3        .TRAVEL
>              .FREE      .KIDS       .SHOP       .VIDEO
>              .GAME      .LAW        .SOC        .XXX
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