FC: Alternate roots get a boost: New.net tries more domains

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42201,00.html

MP3.com Joins Domain Scheme
by Andy Patrizio

2:00 a.m. Mar. 6, 2001 PST
Startup New.net has landed key partners in its quest to establish 20 new 
top-level domains (TLDs).

MP3.com, ExciteAtHome and Kids Domains. signed on to help New.net gain 
acceptance of a domain-name system that circumvents the Internet's 
established guidelines.

...

"We think companies will love these domains because it will make it easier 
for them to describe their technology or interest or passion," said New.net 
CEO David Hernand during the launch of the service Monday.

Because the new TLDs go outside the traditional Internet, Internet service 
providers (ISPs) would have to reconfigure their hardware to recognize the 
new domains. As an interim solution, New.net is offering a free browser 
plug-in that enables consumers to access the domains.

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